The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, Vol. 3: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, Vol. 3: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, From the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

The account of the cruel manner in which the Pope had been treated, filled all Europe with astonishment or horror. To see a Christian Em peror, who, by possessing that dignity, ought to have been the protector and advocate of the Holy See, lay violent hands on him who represented Christ on earth, and detain his sacred person in a rigorous captivity, was considered as an hnpiet'y that merited the severest vengeance, and which called for the immediate interposition of every da tiful son of the church. Francis and Henry, alarmed at the progress of the Imperial arms in.

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