The Darkest Hour of the Landsknechts – The Sack of Rome 1527 | Italian Wars

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.

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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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