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The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)

Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 448

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ssuccessor, Adrian VI., was a short one, but even so must be called afailure : he could neither satisfy the party of culture, carry out anycomplete reform of morals, nor advance the position of the Church. Hedied in December of 1527; and was succeeded in the Papacy by no otherthan Cardinal Giulio… … THE FALL OF FLORENCE. 191 Had Cardinal Giulio never been Pope he would probably have gonedown to posterity with the reputation of a great churchman and aman of moderation and political insight; and it is only fair to remem-ber that he succeeded to the Papacy in times of exceptional diffi-culty. The…

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