Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
August 1559. As the long hot Italian summer draws to its close, so does the life of a rigidly ortho…
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21. Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559
By: Mary Hollingsworth
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Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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