Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 1869-1935 · London : J.M. Dent & co. · leaf 285
ri, pleading either for liberty or for the rule ofFrance. That failing, they capitulated in August 1559,to Spain and Cosimo upon honourable terms, and theRepublic of Siena was a thing of the past. In 1561 Cosimo, Duke of Florence and Siena (hedid not become Grand Duke until 1570), made… … Remains of a Mural Toiver The Last Days of the Republic attract back to Siena those whom Spanish brutality haddriven away, but with hardly the shadow of any politicalauthority. The great grand-ducal citadel of Santa Bar-bara, now that most pleasant of lounging-places at sunset,tells its own story.…
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