The Sack of Rome 1527 The Darkest Hour of the Landsknechts

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On the 6th of May 1527 an army of emperor Karl V, enraged and completely beyond the control of its commanders, sacked the city of Roma - this event is also known as Sacco di Roma. The soldiers plundered as they pleased. Rome was aflame. This video explains how contemporary historiography recounts the Sack of Rome. • #history #education • • This video is a collab with the pike and shot channel. His video can be found here: • Sack of Rome 1527 - What happened after? • • Patreon (thank you): / sandrhomanhistory • Paypal (thank you: paypal.me/SandRhomanhistory • We also have Twitter: / sandrhoman • Bibliography: • Hook, J., The Sack of Rome 1527, Basingstoke 22004. • Shaw, Ch. / Mallet, M., The Italian Wars 1494-1559 (War, State and Society in • Early Modern Europe), Harlow 2019. • Sherer, I. A Bloody Carnival? Charles V’s Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527, in: Journal of the society for Renaissance Studies online, last updated 1. Dec. 2019. • Primary Sources: • Buonaparte, Jacopo, II Sacco di Roma, ragguaglio storico attribuito a Jacopo Buonaparto, Florence 1527. • Guicciardini, Luigi, II Sacco di Roma, Paris 1564.

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