. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. t Julius II., worn out by his exertions, died in 1513. His successor,Leo X., who had effected a reconciliation with Louis XII., was obligedto head the Italian league against Francis I. An understanding hadbeen brought about after the battle of Marignano, and the PragmaticSanction, which had been the pretext of so many disputes since the daysof Philippe le Bel, was given up and replaced by a concordat concluded in1516 between France and the Holy See. Leo X., continuing the Italianpolicy of his predecessor, al
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. t Julius II., worn out by his exertions, died in 1513. His successor,Leo X., who had effected a reconciliation with Louis XII., was obligedto head the Italian league against Francis I. An understanding hadbeen brought about after the battle of Marignano, and the PragmaticSanction, which had been the pretext of so many disputes since the daysof Philippe le Bel, was given up and replaced by a concordat concluded in1516 between France and the Holy See. Leo X., continuing the Italianpolicy of his predecessor, also kept in view the idea of a crusade against theTurks ; but this great work of the papacy was only realised half-a-centurylater under the pontificate of Pius V. The faithful were aroused by hisvoice; Cyprus had fallen into the hands of the Mussulmans, and the wholeof Europe was in imminent peril. The cost of the expedition was dividedbetween the King of Spain, Venice, and the pope; fifty thousand infantry andfour thousand cavalry were got together, and the command of the fleet was.
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