Cool alternate history idea, the directions are reversed
Emergency-Weird-1988 on
Pope Alexander VI wasn’t even consulted about the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was promoted directly and “unilaterally” between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crowns of Castile and Aragon, even contravening previous papal bulls he had issued on the matter.
The Holy See only “gave its blessing” after the signing, when it was already a done deal and there wasn’t much more that could be done (especially considering the recent and continued French incursions into the Italian peninsula, since it would not have been wise to contradict other powerful Christian monarchs who could help in the defense against the French.)
Furthermore, the confirmation of the treaty by papal bull didn’t occur until the pontificate of Julius II, with the papal bull “Ea quae pro bono pacis.”
Therefore, for better or for worse, the credit for the treaty cannot be attributed to the Holy See, much less to Pope Alexander VI.
JMDeutsch on
Not every day you see a joke about the line of demarcation.
Still can’t believe a wildly corrupt Spanish pope was trusted to make a fair deal with Spain involved.
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Cool alternate history idea, the directions are reversed
Pope Alexander VI wasn’t even consulted about the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was promoted directly and “unilaterally” between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crowns of Castile and Aragon, even contravening previous papal bulls he had issued on the matter.
The Holy See only “gave its blessing” after the signing, when it was already a done deal and there wasn’t much more that could be done (especially considering the recent and continued French incursions into the Italian peninsula, since it would not have been wise to contradict other powerful Christian monarchs who could help in the defense against the French.)
Furthermore, the confirmation of the treaty by papal bull didn’t occur until the pontificate of Julius II, with the papal bull “Ea quae pro bono pacis.”
Therefore, for better or for worse, the credit for the treaty cannot be attributed to the Holy See, much less to Pope Alexander VI.
Not every day you see a joke about the line of demarcation.
Still can’t believe a wildly corrupt Spanish pope was trusted to make a fair deal with Spain involved.