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fideidefenswhore · 2 years ago

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Monarchs consulted Mariano the Younger on matters of European importance, such as Henry VIII's divorce case. Although the cautious Venetian government forbade the Paduan professors to respond publicly to Henry's request for judicial opinions, Mariano did so anyway. He argued that the Pope had lacked the authority to grant the dispensation permitting Henry to marry his brother's widow.

The Universities of the Italian Renaissance (2004)

#profs are so messy.#but no fr...#you could absolutely write a thriller about the GM set in italy #i got this impression from catherine fletcher's book too #political. psychological. take your pick #just read a rundown of the scholars and theologians and the skullduggery...the drams...#the papal nuncion threatened the university of vicenza; obtained the signatures in favor of henry viii and burned them??#one of henry's supporters was assasinated ???#all this is sort of contextualizing anne believing nicholas hawkins had been poisoned...#the great matter files #*in vicenza ; no university there.#i think the venetian council was held there. anyway. i might post that quote too

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