Shown here is the Siege of Padua, a major engagement that happened early in the War of the League of Cambrai (or War of the Holy League) fought among the Italian states. The siege began on September 15, 1509. The Venetian defense was strong and the defeat was a major loss of face for Maximilian I. This illustration is from the 1921 book Im Morgenrot der Reformation by Julius von Pfugh-Harttung.

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Shown here is the Siege of Padua, a major engagement that happened early in the War of the League of Cambrai (or War of the Holy League) fought among the Italian states. The siege began on September 15, 1509. The Venetian defense was strong and the defeat was a major loss of face for Maximilian I. This illustration is from the 1921 book Im Morgenrot der Reformation by Julius von Pfugh-Harttung.

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Keywords: 1500s, 16th, cambrai, century, holy, league, maximilian, padua, pfugh-harttung, siege, venetians, war