To: Brumar89 who wrote (43672 ) 12/1/2013 5:04:38 PM From: 2MAR$ Read Replies (1) | Respond to Renaissance....You think that Christianity had to worry only about the raiding Moslems? One of the reasons the mantle of Humanism passed on was under Charles of france a Christian army rebelled, sacked & pillaged Rome again in 1527. The population dwindled down to a mere 8000 after the carnage, rotting corpses & plague set in and that well put an end to the Renaissance in Italy until the Age of Reason rises centuries later, but the seeds were sown, alas, all that human suffering you would sweep under the rug.Sack of Rome (1527) en.wikipedia.org This event marked the end of the Roman Renaissance , damaged the papacy's prestige and freed Charles V 's hands to act against the Reformation in Germany and against the rebellious German princes allied with Luther. Nevertheless, Martin Luther commented: "Christ reigns in such a way that the Emperor who persecutes Luther for the Pope is forced to destroy the Pope for Luther" (LW 49:169). The population of Rome dropped from some 55,000 before the attack, to a meagre 10,000. An estimated 6,000 to 12,000 people were murdered.[4] In commemoration of the Sack and the Guard's bravery, recruits to the Swiss Guard are sworn in on 6 May every year
