Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition; P.Collinson List of Illustrations A Note on Italy Introduction Clement VII and Rome Pope and Emperor Morone's Conspiracy and the League of Cognac Pope, Emperor and Rome The League at War The Colonna Raid The War against the Colonna The Advance of Bourbon Lannoy's Truce From Florence to Rome The Sack of Rome Rome after the Sack The Loss of the Church State The Pope Escapes The Pope in Exile Barcelona and Cambrai The Resistance of Florence The Imperial Coronation The Imperial Victory Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Judith Hook is the author of "Siena, A City and it's History", "Baroque Age of England" and "Lorenzo de Medici: an Historical Biography". Patrick Collinson's books include "The Birthpangs of Protestant England".

About the Author

JUDITH HOOK sometime lecturer in History at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, and author of Siena, A City and it's History, Baroque Age of England and Lorenzo de Medici: an Historical Biography. - PATRICK COLLINSON Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge and author of many books including The Birthpangs of Protestant England.