https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo en-us 2018-04-24 17:30:05 UTC 2026-02-21 03:23:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 19nlyakhovetsky https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256841396 -" He was focused on his family's political and material success."
-"Elected to the papacy in 1492 after the death of the generally unnoteworthy Innocent VIII."
-"Borgia, a Spaniard, had been at the center of Vatican affairs for 30 years as a Cardinal.
-"He is known by historians as the representative of nepotism and corruption that plagued the Papacy throughout the Renaissance period."
-"The Borgia family took on legendary status in Italy as cruel and manipulative monsters."
-"Many saw his rise to the throne as a sign of impeding demise for the Catholic Church."
-"But both Italy and the church survived his reign."
-Succeeded Innocent VIII in 1492. "While there were no orgies and other such myths taking place in the Vatican,  his sensuality and obsessive love for his children led him into a number of sinister political schemes and he fathered 9 children by different women, 2 as pope." ]]> 2018-05-01 13:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256841396 19nlyakhovetsky https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256851495 -"Elected in 1471."
-"Sixtus' 'nephews' (the papal nephew was a long-standing way of referring to the pope's illegitimate children) were granted influential posts and huge salaries."
-"He even entered into a conspiracy to have the Medici family assassinated because he thought that they were getting in the way of one of his nephew's way."
-"This model for papal rule was followed throughout the Renaissance, undermining papal moral authority, but allowing the Papacy to grow politically and economically strong."]]> 2018-05-01 13:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256851495 19nlyakhovetsky https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256857169 -" Pope Sixtus IV took great strides to redesign and rebuild Rome, widening the streets and destroying the crumbling ruins."
-"He commissioned the construction of the famed Sistine Chapel and summoned many great Renaissance artists from other Italian states. As Rome was gradually transformed and infused with wealth, artists flocked to the city seeking Roman gold. In receiving it, they redecorated and rebuilt almost all of Rome."
-"On April 26, 1478, during mass at Florence cathedral, the agents of Girolamo Riario, Sixtus IV’s nephew, wounded Lorenzo and killed his brother, Giuliano, in a plot to overthrow the Medici. Although Sixtus endorsed the plot, he did not approve of assassination. Out of this scandal and its counteraction, he justifiably managed to excommunicate Lorenzo, to put Florence under interdict, and to induce King Ferdinand I of Naples, the papacy’s ally, to declare a fruitless and inglorious war that kept Italy confused for two years."
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sixtus-IV]]> 2018-05-01 14:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/256857169 19nlyakhovetsky https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/259714271 -"He showered favours on his nephew, Rodrigo Borgia, whom he made cardinal and generalissimo of the papal forces and who later became Pope Alexander VI."
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Calixtus-III-pope
-"Within months, there was not an important fortress in the Papal States that did not have a Spanish commander."
-"He appointed cardinals two of his nephews and a third one became commander of the papal troops."]]> 2018-05-10 17:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/259714271 19nlyakhovetsky https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/260051398 2018-05-11 18:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/19nlyakhovetsky/mznzlug5m9fo/wish/260051398