Contemporary Impact

Julius set his sights on freeing the whole of italy from the French.  To do this he formed the Holy League (1510-1511),which included the Venice, Spain, England, the Swiss Cantons, and the Holy Roman Empire.  The Swiss eventually won the French over (1513), but was a short lived victory. After Julius' death the Holy League dissolved and the French victory at Marignano restablished the French Rule in Lombardy.

Venice was the first to feel the strong hand of Pope Julius II.  Julius ordered Cesare Borgia to surrender the fortified places of the Romagna into his own hands.  Cesare Borgia refused and was arrested by the pope's orders.  Venice, however refused to give back the cities which it had previously taken.  A temporary settlement was reached in March, 1505, when Venice restored most of its conquests in Romagna.



 

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