"If you get things you have "It's laughable to think they were ever going to get a good deal when negotiating with the EU, how would they ever strike fear into anybody?" Starkey describes the Reformation, where the Church of England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church after
Pope Clement VII refused Henry a divorce, as a previous version of Brexit.
Claudius II and
Pope Clement VII were both killed by enemies who poisoned them with deadly mushrooms.
The outstanding cast includes tenor John Osborn in the title role as the Renaissance sculptor commissioned by the Pope to create his likeness; bass-baritone Maurizio Muraro as Giacomo Balducci, the Papal treasurer; baritone Laurent Naouri as Fieramosca (Balducci's prospective son-in-law); bass Orlin Anastassov as
Pope Clement VII (yes, the Pope is a cast member, and that was a controversial move at the time); soprano Mariangela Sicilia as Teresa (Balducci's daughter) and Canadian mezzo-soprano Michele Losier in the substantial trouser role of Ascanio (Cellini's apprentice).
As he gained an increasingly important role in family patriarch Giulio de' Medici's (
Pope Clement VII) bid for Medici grandeur (due to the lack of males in the senior Medici line), so too did his presence in historical records.
The recruits were read out an oath by their chaplain: "I swear to serve faithfully, loyally and honourably the reigning Pontiff, Francis, and his legitimate successors, to dedicate myself to their defence with all my forces, sacrificing if necessary, even by life." The solemn ceremony takes place annually on May 6, to mark the day of the year 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died while protecting
Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome by German-Spanish troops.
The Black Prince offers the tale of the spiky relationship of a pair of illegitimate Medici cousins in the 1530s: Alessandro and Ippolito, both nephews of
Pope Clement VII, the patriarch of the Florentine clan.
Both were commissioned by the Medici
pope Clement VII. Clement VII also commissioned Michelangelo's last major fresco, The Last Judgment, in the Sistine Chapel.
Alessandro's life was brief, turbulent and (like much Italian politics of the time) largely defined by the twin poles of the Papacy and Holy Roman Empire, to which he had advantageously close ties;
Pope Clement VII was his uncle and Emperor Charles V, eventually, his father-in-law.
Alessandro was mocked as a 'mule' and his life was brief, turbulent and (like much Italian politics of the time) largely defined by the twin poles of the Papacy and Holy Roman Empire, to which he had close ties;
Pope Clement VII was his uncle and Emperor Charles V, his father-in-law.
Alessandro was mocked as a 'mule' and his life was brief, turbulent and (like much Italian politics of the time) largely defined by the twin poles of the Papacy and Holy Roman Empire, to which he had advantageously close ties;
Pope Clement VII was his uncle and Emperor Charles V, his father-in-law.
Giovio went on to serve as physician to
Pope Clement VII, who commissioned him for Leo's biography.