This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...dispatched an embassy to him at Pisa to offer their homage. To return the courtesy, on his way to Rome, whither he went to be crowned, he came to Siena, entering the city amidst loud acclaim on the evening of March 23, 1355. Considering the strictly commercial interpretation which he put upon his Italian ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...dispatched an embassy to him at Pisa to offer their homage. To return the courtesy, on his way to Rome, whither he went to be crowned, he came to Siena, entering the city amidst loud acclaim on the evening of March 23, 1355. Considering the strictly commercial interpretation which he put upon his Italian mission, it is not likely that he entertained any plan of overthrowing the Sienese government. From this charge he may be exonerated; nevertheless, he could not hinder his presence in Siena being I utilized by the opposition for its own ends. Again and again the nobles and the common people had conspired to overthrow their tyrants, and now no sooner had Charles entered the gate than a new conspiracy sprang into existence. The nobles circulated among the crowd, whispering sedition, and with the first vivas for the emperor mingled also the ominous cry: Muoiali Novel We may fairly believe that Charles was helpless in the midst of the following explosion, the causes of which, as a foreigner, he could not possibly have fathomed. The more closely we examine the course of events, the more certain it becomes that on this, as well as on later occasions, he was hardly more than a cloak for the ambitions of others, constituting, in spite of whatever good-will with which we may credit him, merely an additional element of confusion in an already complicated situation. The frightened Nine offered no resistance to the new conspiracy. All through the next day (March 24th) the excitement grew, until, on the 25th, the people poured in a surging mass into the Campo and prepared to storm the palace. The emperor was within, consulting with the agitated governors. In order to end the confusion he announced to the populace that the rule of the Nine was over and that a...
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