Chapter 1804 up your alley(13)

In an empty grotto, Severus spread out the ancient map of Paris found in the library before the Ottomans transformed it.

The Church of St. Francis Xavier was still a field at the end of the 18th century, but by the mid-19th century it was already a small town in an affluent area.

Opposite the church are the Prince of Bourbon Condé Palace and the Montesquieu Palace. These two are close neighbors and cover an area larger than an ordinary house. And the St. Francis Xavier Church if you add the two sides

The square is almost the same as the area occupied by these two houses combined. It is indeed too wide for a little-known church.

St. Francis Xavier preached in the East, and many of the contents of his preaching can be seen in the church murals, including some people dressed in India.

If the emperors conquered other countries by force, then the church used another method to conquer other civilizations.

The power you taste in bending a man's will is far greater than winning his heart.

Many priests actually participated in banditry activities in the occupied territories, and Portuguese missionaries often hid gold bricks in their robes.

The Gauls, like the Germans and Celts, also had their own civilization and mythology, but now they have completely disappeared. The re-emergence of Nordic mythology is also related to the decline of Christianity after the rise of the Industrial Revolution.

Thor is the patron saint of craftsmen. He is like a prince. He is young and has strong biceps. After all, his weapon is a war hammer. Can those priests with bells and wine glasses defeat him?

In the story about Siena in the Decameron, the priest Rinaldo sneaked in when the man of the house was not at home. Later, the husband came back halfway. In order to deceive her husband, the woman said that there was something in her son's body.

The bugs were driven away by the priest who chanted a spell. The "kind" male host not only believed it, but also followed the priest's words and enshrined a wax figure in front of the statue of Saint Ambruggio. He also invited the priest to drink, which made him so polite that he

Send away.

Pooh!

During the French Revolution, the common people refused to pay tithes to the church, and the tax that had been collected for a thousand years was later cancelled. Luther's religious reform destroyed the authority of faith, but established the authority of faith. Buying indulgences required

If it is really useful, wouldn’t God become the same “gatekeeper of heaven” as those who collect money at the city gate?

When the coins "ding" into the money box, your soul will immediately ascend to heaven.

Pooh!

The authority of the church turned monks into secular people because they turned secular people into monks. Although priests could not get married, illegitimate children were still well arranged, and some monasteries even gave birth to illegitimate children.

Rather than being tolerant, they were harboring dirt. Later, believers began to distrust these monks less and less.

Siena and Florence suffered a large number of deaths from the Black Death, but they were still much smaller than those in areas ruled by feudal lords in Italy.

These feudal lords were not like the Bishop of Milan, who immediately sealed the doors and windows with bricks when they found out someone was suffering from the Black Death, dead or alive. Nor were they like the Florentines, who asked the nobles to go to surrounding villas to take refuge and implement quarantine at the same time.

Many people have heard of feudal autocratic monarchy, but they may not have heard of feudal democracy. Aren’t feudalism and democracy enemies? Aren’t advanced democracies always overthrowing backward feudalism?

Italy is not a unified country, but scattered feudal cities, similar to Greek city-states. There are aristocrats, knights, and citizens in the country. All three classes have the right to vote and be elected, and participate in the election of the city council.

, and then was elected as a member of parliament.

However, wealthy businessmen can buy the status of knights and enter the knight class. They can even enter the noble class by purchasing large amounts of land. Small traders and small craftsmen do not have the financial resources to become knights and nobles. The city council is

The Uffizi Gallery, which is in the hands of the aristocratic class and houses the Medici Venus, was formerly the government office in Florence and the office of the Medici family.

The Borgia family, which is also a big family, does not have a government office in Florence. If they want to handle government affairs, they can only do it at the Uffizi or take it home. They cannot blatantly open a government office like the Medici.

Hall. Although the Medici family did not wear the title of feudal lord, they were the uncrowned kings of Florence. They also had their own standards for what kind of people they wanted to use. Anyway, Machiavelli, who recommended himself, did not succeed under them.

It was not until the Medici family lost power in 1494 and the Republic of Florence was established that Machiavelli became the head of the Second State Office of the Republic of Florence.

Machiavelli was a declining aristocrat. His father was once a lawyer. His family had nothing but books. He did not have many opportunities for education and relied entirely on self-study.

With his background, it is impossible for him to follow the same path as those rich and powerful nobles. He can only have a chance to gain Lorenzo's appreciation by finding another way. But he did not gain Lorenzo's attention, so naturally he was not respected in the parliament

No more say.

After the founding of the Republic of Florence, the original Uffizi Government Hall was no longer used. Instead, the Florence City Hall, the so-called Palazzo Vecchio, was built under the influence of Urti, Flaboschi and other emperors.

The Medici family was the bankers of the Pope. Later, with the support of Spain, the Medici family overthrew the Republic of Florence and returned to power. Machiavelli was arrested and imprisoned, and was released after being relieved of all his duties.

After regaining his freedom, Machiavelli lived in seclusion in the manor for a long time. In order to gain the appreciation of the Medici family, he wrote "The Prince", but he did not dedicate it to the Medici family.

The Republic of Venice is also called a republic, but Venice is an oligarch, and the Republic of Florence is constantly occupied by France. Spain and the "old nobles" also built castles on the hills behind Florence to besiege the city. Under such blockade and plunder,

It doesn't really matter whether it's a show of hands or not.

Napoleon said that you must first build a country and then discuss how to make it great.

If the democratic republic of Florence was annexed by the feudal and autocratic Franks, then it would be completely meaningless to discuss who would take power to maintain order. After all, they were all puppet regimes.

The power of the Medici family, supported by Spain, was related to the Pope.

In 1494, the Pope asked Spain and Portugal to sign an agreement, drawing a line and giving the eastern hemisphere of the earth to Portugal. Spain embraced the Americas in its arms, and this Pope was the invention of the famous Cantrera.

Alexander VI of Borgia.

Why did the Borgias, enemies of the Medici family, help them?

When Florence was a feudal democracy, who would be the feudal lord was determined by the infighting between Borgia and the Medici. After it became a republic, they both stepped down. Only by putting the Medici family back into that position could Borgia continue to fight with the Americans.

The Dickeys play the previous game.

The line drawn by Alexander VI is the Papal Meridian. This line does not pass through the capital of any country. It is essentially the same as the line drawn by an elementary school student on his desk, except that the meridian drawn in 1493 passed through the Cape Verde Islands.

, America was not touched at all. In 1494, Spain passed the Treaty of Todesiras and moved this line 270 leagues westward, allowing Spain to embrace America in its arms.

Of course, there were conditions for the Pope to agree to the change. Spain wanted to help the Medici family regain Florence. It was precisely because Spain had the "legal right to operate" in South America that the Spanish Armada could "legally" use force. This made the British

Unable to trade in the Americas without Spanish consent, the South China Sea incident occurred.

When the contract was first signed, Spain thought it had an advantage because the road to India was to the west, while Portugal bypassed the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and gained all the strongholds on the route to India.

There are only a few coins in the donation box in the Church of St. Francis

reconciliation.

Napoleon forgave Shekhei who incited the Cairo riot because they were old, and the riot was motivated by interests. They would not be like young people who would be filled with indignation when they saw the head of Lafaxine falling out of their pockets, and then rise up to resist.

Eugène Beauharnais obeyed his stepfather very much and helped him with this kind of work. Perhaps it was because of his obedience that Napoleon left Italy to be managed by him.

Question: Druids are also very close to nature. In theory, they can get along easily with wizards. Why...

Answer: Is it more comfortable to live in a cave or tree hole, or in a house? Are you an elf with pointed ears or a human?

Human beings do not stand at the top of the food chain because of compassion. The feeling of giving up this position and returning to the food chain is not pleasant at all.

Elves, centaurs, and giants have long lives and do not have that sense of urgency. They can learn slowly. As they get older, their wise men are even better than humans, but their entire group is not as good as the crowd.

A Mamluk is powerful in fighting alone, but in a group he is not as good as the French.

The same is true for wizards. The biggest advantage of a wizard is that she is hidden in a sea of ​​people. If she is exposed, she will be under siege. If she is a woman, it will be even worse.

Severus had to rescue Pomona before she was torn apart by those Muggles.

This is sad, but this is the reality.

Napoleon was as cunning as a fox, but he himself was imprisoned. What ability could he have to protect her?

The king is destined to be lonely, even if there is always a lingering shadow in his heart, which often appears in the magic mirror.

Severus pulled out the dagger of Pharaoh Camos I and stabbed it at the Invalides.

It was like poking the chest of the immortal corpse lying under the magnificent Baroque dome.
Chapter completed!