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3 Best Novels About the War of the League of Cambrai
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War of the League of Cambrai
1508–1516
The League of Cambrai was formed in 1508 against Venice by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I and Ferdinand of Aragon. French victory at Agnadello weakened Venice, but the coalition soon fractured as the pope turned against French power in Italy.
The war expanded into a sequence of changing alliances, invasions and battles across northern Italy. It continued beyond the death of Louis XII and merged into the wider Italian Wars.
This context supports fiction about late reign of Louis XII, papal diplomacy, French campaigns, mercenary warfare and the instability of Renaissance alliances.
Related people for War of the League of Cambrai
Anne of Brittany1477–1514 Claude of France1499–1524 Ferdinand II of Aragon1452–1516 Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua1466–1519 Francis I of France1494–1547 Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489–1512 Isabella d’Este1474–1539 Louise of Savoy1476–1531 Louis XII of France1462–1515 Marguerite de Navarre1492–1549
