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The Italian Wars
Dark hands behind closed doors and the endless scheming of other major nations around Italy have led to an unprecedented diplomatic fallout. As a result, our grasp on the peninsula, and our influence upon it, are questioned. At this time of peril, we must not falter. Victory in Italy will surely secure our place among the great powers!
First Italian LeagueInternational OrganizationoptionSecond Italian LeagueInternational OrganizationoptionThird Italian LeagueInternational OrganizationoptionDefinitionin_game/events/situations/italian_wars.txt:7
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11historical_info = italian_wars.1.historical_info The Italian Wars (1494-1559) were a series of violent conflicts to determine the domination of Italy, mainly fought by France and Spain with a substantial part of Europe involved in this clash of powers. They began when Charles VIII of France invaded Italy in 1494, taking Naples, but Maximilian I of Habsburg, and Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, the Catholic Kings of Spain, rushed to the aid of the Pope to drive him out. The king of France then took Milan, Genoa, and Naples again in 1499, but Spain expelled them back from Naples in 1503, asserting their control over Southern Italy, and Pope Julius II formed an alliance to push the French out of northern Italy. A few years later, Francis I of France revived the French claim over Milan, which was taken in 1515, but in 1525 he lost a decisive battle in Pavia to Emperor Charles V, also King Charles I of Spain, and was captured. Francis I was released after formally renouncing all the French claims in Italy, but then he allied with England, the Pope, Venice, and Florence, with the resulted in the sack of Rome by the German landsknechts of Charles V in 1527, a peace with the Pope, and the imperial coronation of Charles V in Bologna in 1529. The wars finally ended in 1559 with the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, leaving the Spanish Habsburgs as the dominant power in Italy for 150 years.
12title = italian_wars.1.title The Italian Wars
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25desc = italian_wars.1.desc.a Dark hands behind closed doors and the endless scheming of other major nations around Italy have led to an unprecedented diplomatic fallout. As a result, our grasp on the peninsula, and our influence upon it, are questioned. At this time of peril, we must not falter. Victory in Italy will surely secure our place among the great powers!
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31desc = italian_wars.1.desc.b War has come to Italy. The banners of foreign conquerors flock to usurp the great wealth held within our peninsula. Never before has our region fallen amid such a power struggle, as great powers circle our home like hungry vultures. It is time for our people to pick up the sword and the shield in favor of protecting our freedom, lest we fall victim to the expansionist tendencies of outsiders...
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