Chapter 780 The man chased by the cow

Just like before, if you don't understand something, go to the library.

Pomona's hobby is to eat while reading a book, and of course she has to eat ice cream in Italy. After all, I don't know when the next time I can eat ice cream so much will be.

The Golden House offers free entrance fees to students from all architecture and art academies in Europe, except the United Kingdom. It is modeled after the Doge's Palace in Venice and was built in 1440. The pope at that time was Eugene IV, who burned Joan of Arc to death. He was born in Venice.

, he tried to take advantage of the invasion of the Ottoman Empire and convened the Council of Feilara to unify the Latin and Greek sects, but ultimately failed, and Constantinople fell into the hands of the Nazis.

However, because of Cecilia Venier, Venice did not decline before the 1670s. After Cecilia was assassinated, the Sultan's foreign policy favoring Venice ended, and Venice began to lose its Eastern trade routes.

In 1605, the Vatican held two elections. Leo XI ascended the throne from April 1 to April 27, making him the ninth-shortest pope in Catholic history, reigning for only 27 days.

During this time, the situation in Britain was turbulent, and someone planned to blow up the Parliament. What is interesting is that his successor, Paul V, was the one who had a fierce quarrel with Leonardo Donato, the 90th Doge of Venice, over the subject of painting.

Cardinal, he excommunicated the Republic of Venice.

Venice has to pay 1 million gold coins to the Holy See every year. Without this important financial source, where will the church's funds come from?

At that time, the New World had been discovered. In 1581, the Netherlands got rid of Spanish rule and won national independence. From 1596 to 1598, a famous man named Barentsz, a Dutch captain, tried to find a route to Asia from the north.

.He passed Sanwenya, a Russian island, but they were trapped by the frozen sea.

Sanwenya is located within the Arctic Circle. Captain Barentsz and 17 Dutch sailors spent 8 months of long winter here. They dismantled the deck of the ship to make fuel to maintain body temperature in the severe cold of minus 40 degrees.

; They rely on hunting to obtain clothing and food that barely survive.

In such a harsh and dangerous situation, 8 people died, but the Dutch businessmen did an unimaginable thing. They did not touch the goods entrusted to them by others, and among these goods were goods that could save their lives.

Clothing and medicine.

As winter turned to spring, the surviving merchants finally brought the goods back to their destinations almost intact and delivered them to the clients. They paid the price with their lives, kept their faith, and created business rules that were passed down to future generations. At that time, this approach also gave people

The obvious benefit brought by Dutch merchants was to win the world market for seaborne trade.

The trade center moved westward, and the "Sea Coachman" became the first Protestant country in the world where the bourgeoisie took power.

At that time, the "enemy" of the Holy See was still Venice, arguing about women's clothing. Which was more important, how much women should wear, or national interests?

Leo XI died of illness. He was born into the Medici family in Florence. The Medici family was an important member of the Renaissance. Leo XI probably would not have excommunicated Venice.

On March 14, 1605, eleven days after the death of Pope Clement VIII, sixty-two cardinals entered a secret meeting. King Henry IV of France spent a full 300,000 francs to lobby the College of Cardinals to choose him.

Okay, how did the King of France become so rich all of a sudden?

Perhaps the wealth of the Knights Templar was used by the French king to "persuade" the cardinals to choose a French pope, just like Alexander VI of the Polya family.

The Templars could not move real estate such as castles. Venice made 4.5 billion euros by selling thirteen Renaissance palaces, and the French king should also have made a lot of money.

During the Hundred Years' War, 30 million people died, and I don't know if historians are in the mood to write about history. During this period, Niccolòme refined the Philosopher's Stone.

Alchemy is often related to money. Where did Nico get the money for his experiments?

Paul V is famous for his trial of Galileo Galilei, who taught at the University of Padua.

In the Venetian priests, Paolo Sarpi explained: Venice's right to self-determination comes from God and not from Rome. Paul withdrew the edict at fifty. Venice is the master of long-term shipping routes. The southwest region of Spain produces cotton, which can supply Venice's textile industry.

, after Columbus discovered a large amount of gold and silver in the New World, it did not bring more wealth to Spain, but instead devalued the silver coin.

In the mid-16th century, commerce on the old sea route gradually flourished again. At that time, there was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Portuguese and Genoese. The Venetians received preferential treatment because of Cecilia Venier. The relationship between Venice and France was at least not as good as that between France and Rome.

Just as bad.

The Roman Church has been constantly fighting to ensure that it remains at the core of the Christian nation. The best way is for cardinals of other nationalities not to run for election, but this is undoubtedly a fantasy. In the 139th year of Pope Gregory V’s term,

Previously, most of the popes were from Rome and Italy.

Paul V resolved the conflict between Spain and France on the new route, and the intermediary was still the Venetian, the owner of the old route.

This "Papa" was not dogmatic, he was nepotistic, and his family was extremely wealthy. He particularly favored his nephew Marcantonio Borghese and made him the Grand Duke of Verova, which happened to be the territory of the Republic of Venice. However, the German Catholic Church

The open conflict with Protestantism prevented him from caring about Britain. He encouraged missionary work abroad, especially in Latin America, which meant that he did not take Britain into consideration at all.

Since the middle of the 17th century, Britain and the Netherlands have been engaged in maritime wars for hegemony in all major oceans. Britain has developed rapidly in the past few decades. Later, France also participated. The Franco-Dutch War swept the Netherlands and ended with a disastrous defeat for the Netherlands.

In the end, the Netherlands never recovered.

There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. For money, Britain can turn against any country in the world, or it can be as close as a brother.

Francesco Morosini was the commander of the Venetian fleet. He was sent to Crete in 1667 to organize and strengthen the defense of Candia. However, Candia was captured by the Turks in 1669, and Venice lost control of Crete.

Control of the islands and the Aegean Sea.

During the Venetian-Turkish War from 1684 to 1688, he commanded the fleet to capture the Peloponnese Peninsula and Athens. In 1688, he was appointed governor of the Republic of Venice.

In his second year as governor, the ammunition depot in San Angelo was struck by lightning.

He was not a victorious general like Napoleon. Why was the British so afraid of him at the time?

"What are you looking at?" Pomona asked Severus.

"Marcandonio Justinian." Severus said, "The account books left by the predecessor will definitely be checked by the successor."

"Do you suspect him of corruption?"

"Arms are a big expense. Once a fire is lit, no one knows exactly how much is in it, so there is no proof."

"No way." She said in surprise.

"What can't you do?" he asked.

"Misappropriation of military funds."

"Why don't you dare? He doesn't love this country anyway." Severus said coldly, "As a governor, but you have left nothing behind, what a fucking piece of shit."

If you have nothing secret to hide, there is no need to be afraid.

Pomona couldn't help but shake her head. It would be really sad if the ammunition depot was really set on fire for this reason.

Governors usually only leave office when they die, but his son will not inherit his position. She can almost feel someone's pounding heartbeat.

"I don't believe it, there must be something left behind." Pomona said, "Keep checking."

"It was 1683 when he became governor. Who was the pope at that time?"

"Innocent XI." Pomona sighed, "He reformed the tax system, practiced strict economy, and obtained economic support from Catholic countries to avoid collapse. In order to maintain peace, he tolerated Protestants, and the French Embassy in the Holy See abused the power of political asylum.

, so that criminals are hiding around the embassy..."

Severus closed the book he was reading.

"Donating to the church in order to obtain political asylum, then committing corruption in the country, and setting fire to ammunition depots in order to annihilate evidence. Which one do you think is more likely, or the British sending spies to undermine the alliance between Venice and France?"

"What day did the explosion occur exactly?"

"August 29, 1689."

"Innocent XI resigned from office on August 12, 1689. Check the weather on August 29. If the sky was clear, there would be no thunder," Pomona said.

Although the weather at sea changes greatly, is there such a coincidence that a rare bolt from the blue happened to happen that day?

No wonder the armory on Lazaretto Island wants to demolish the bell tower of the church. It turns out there is a precedent.

If that person is really like Severus said, unable to cooperate with such a person, and has such a lunatic mind, she is worse than a woman like Justinian's Queen Theodora, she is also a prostitute, a

The Governor was worse than a prostitute, and she could only hope that this assumption was not true.
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