History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 8, Part 1: 1503-1521

This Edition of Ferdinand Gregorovius’ "History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages" is based on the English translation of the fourth German edition and matches the original page-for-page – and footnote-for-footnote – for accuracy of citation. It is entirely reset for modern readability. Volume VIII, includes; an introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute, London, and Book Fourteen of Gregorovius’ History. Book Fourteen covers the years 1503 to 1534. It treats; the end of Cesare Borgia; Pius III and Julius II; Italian politics, France, and Spain; the Reformation; urbanism and architecture in Rome under Julius II; Bramante, Sangallo, the Vatican, and the new St. Peter’s; Raphael, Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel; Leo X and Medici Rome; France, Naples, the Empire under Maximilian and Charles V; the Renaissance in Rome: Humanism, the Classics, the Academies and University; history and poetry; Giulio Romano, Sansovino; palaces and villas; urbanism under Leo X; the expansion of the city; population growth; the decay of the urban aristocracy. It also treats; Adrian VI; anarchy and plague in Rome; attempts at Reform; Francis I and the French invasion; Clement VII; the War of the League; the imperial march towards Rome; Frundsberg, Bourbon, Giovanni Medici and Lannoy; the Sack of Rome, 1527; Clement VII in Castel Sant’Angelo; impact of the Sack on the arts and learning; Rome after the Sack; the Peace of Cambray; Charles V emperor; death of Clement VII, September 25, 1534; close of the History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages; comprehensive index to all eight volumes.