A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / Anthony F. D'Elia.

"In 1468, on the final night of carnival in Rome, Pope Paul II sat enthroned above the boisterous crowd, when a scuffle caught his eye. His guards had intercepted a mysterious stranger trying urgently to convey a warning - conspirators were lying in wait to slay the pontiff. Twenty humanist int...

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Main Author: D'Elia, Anthony F., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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