Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . fter their artillery had opened a large breach in thecity walls. This failure induced Machiavelli to suggest awell-trained force of republican militia—or rather an armylike that of the Swiss—and after his return from an embassyto the militant Pope Julius II, at this time at the head of hisvictorious troops at Bologna,^ he set to work zealously, withthe support of Soderin
Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . fter their artillery had opened a large breach in thecity walls. This failure induced Machiavelli to suggest awell-trained force of republican militia—or rather an armylike that of the Swiss—and after his return from an embassyto the militant Pope Julius II, at this time at the head of hisvictorious troops at Bologna,^ he set to work zealously, withthe support of Soderini, at carrjdng out the idea, scouringTuscany in quest of men and horses. This force, thoughcomparatively small, proved for many years of great benefit ^ See p. 451, where Michelangelos statue of Julius is FLORENCE (1500-1600) to the Republic, and distingmshed itself especially in the famoussiege of 1529-1530. , It is worthy of notice that the politicaladversaries of Soderini made much of the fact that the forma-tion of such a civic guard has very often proved an importantstep towards despotism. Ciiief buildings of FLORENCE e. 1600 I ^. Wall3iflt!Csntury. most f t/ie giite3 af which are still 6t3fiding. K^BELVEOERj;.-- f Xri y-- SMiccoli * <^ <» The cyclonic tempest that swept down upon Venice afterthe I^eague of Cambrai affected Florence but little. Itsattention was still concentrated on the acquisition of Pisa,and shortly before Pope Julius suddenly changed sides andhelped the Venetians to expel the French barbarians fromNorth Italy this gallant httle city was so closely besiegedby the new Florentine army that it was forced by famineto capitulate (1509). The terms exacted by the Florentines,says the contemporary chronicler Nardi, were so mild that * itseemed as if the Pisans themselves had dictated them. This 479 ITALY FROM DANTE TO TASSO fact redounds mainly, Villari opines, to the honour o
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