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His vivid, at times unsettling descriptions of various forms and techniques of torture and execution are juxtaposed with almost rhapsodic celebrations of great works of art and those who created them. On his deathbed in the summer of 1492, in a last tremor of self-knowledge, he begged the cardinal electors to choose a successor who would be an improvement on him. Sixtus was one of a series of popes in this period who could have stepped right out of the pages of the Decameron. What he suggested made little sense.
Seemingly effortless illumination of the Renaissance and the Reformation. On his deathbed in the summer of 1492, in a last tremor of self-knowledge, he begged the cardinal electors to choose a successor who would be an improvement on him. Shows how events and a change in philosophical views can uproot and reconfigure entire civilizations.
Heretics and Heroes - In a little over 300 pages, Cahill encapsulates several dozen major artistic, political and ecclesiastical figures across a spread of several centuries. I have learned a lot from what Cahill has done here.
