Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Eaat 20° from Greenwich -I Emperor Charles V and his Vast Realms 2JJ It would be wearisome and unprofitable to follow the at-tempts of the French to get a foothold in Milan. Suffice itto say that Charles VIII soon died and that his successorLouis XII laid claim to the duchy of Milan in the noith as well asto Naples in the south. But he concluded to sell his claim to. t^ UilJ- Fig. 75. Francis I Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon and centered his attent
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Eaat 20° from Greenwich -I Emperor Charles V and his Vast Realms 2JJ It would be wearisome and unprofitable to follow the at-tempts of the French to get a foothold in Milan. Suffice itto say that Charles VIII soon died and that his successorLouis XII laid claim to the duchy of Milan in the noith as well asto Naples in the south. But he concluded to sell his claim to. t^ UilJ- Fig. 75. Francis I Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon and centered his attention onholding Milan, but did not succeed in his purpose, largely owingto the opposition of the Pope. Francis I, who came to the French throne in 1515 at the ageof twenty, is one of the most famous of the French kings. Hewas gracious and chivalrous in his ideas of conduct, and hisproudest tide was the gentleman king. Like his contempo-raries, Pope Leo X, son of Lorenzo de Medici, and HenryVIII of England, he helped artists and men of letters andwas interested in fine buildings (Fig. 76). 2/8 Medieval and Modem Times Francis Iin Italy Francis opened his reign by a very astonishing victory. Heled his troops into Italy over a pass which had hitherto beenregarded as impracticable for cavalry and defeated the Swiss— who were in the Popes pay — at Marignano. He then
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