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The French troops were attacked in Milan; and though they gained the battle of Ravenna in 1512, it was with the loss of their general, Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, whose death served as an excuse to Ferdinand of Spain for setting up a claim to the kingdom of Navarre. THE FRENCH TROOPS WERE ATTACKED IN MILAN AND THOUGH THEY GAINED THE BATTLE OF RAVENNA IN FIFTEEN TWELVE IT WAS WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR GENERAL GASTON DE FOIX DUKE OF NEMOUR WHOSE DEATH SERVED AS AN EXCUSE TO FERDINAND OF SPAIN FOR SETTING UP A CLAIM TO THE KINGDOM OF NAVARRE
d not been defined, and the French and Spanish troops began a war even while their kings were still treating with one another. The individual French knights did brilliant exploits, for indeed it was the time of the chief blossom of fanciful chivalry, a knight of Dauphiné, named Bayard, called the Fearless and Stainless Knight, and honoured by friend and foe; but the Spaniards were under Gonzalo de Cordova, called the Great Captain, and after the battles of Cerignola and the Garigliano drove the French out of the kingdom of Naples, though the war continued in Lombardy. 3. The Holy League.--It was an age of leagues. The Italians, hating French and Spaniards both alike, were continually forming combinations among themselves and with foreign powers against whichever happened to be the strongest. The chief of these was called the Holy League, because it was formed by Pope Julius II., who drew into it Maximilian, then head of the German Empire, Ferdinand of Spain, and Henry VIII. of England. CH PORTION HAD NOT BEEN DEFINED AND THE FRENCH AND SPANISH TROOPS BEGAN A WAR EVEN WHILE THEIR KINGS WERE STILL TREATING WITH ONE ANOTHER THE INDIVIDUAL FRENCH KNIGHTS DID BRILLIANT EXPLOITS FOR INDEED IT WAS THE TIME OF THE CHIEF BLOSSOM OF FANCIFUL CHIVALRY A KNIGHT OF DAU FINNEY NAMED BAYARD CALLED THE FEARLESS AND STAINLESS KNIGHT AND HONORED BY FRIEND AND FOE BUT THE SPANIARDS WERE UNDER GONZALO DE CORDOVA CALLED THE GREAT CAPTAIN AND AFTER THE BATTLES OF SERGNOLA AND GARIGLIANO DROVE THE FRENCH OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES THOUGH THE WAR CONTINUED IN LOMBARDY THREE THE HOLY LEAGUE IT WAS AN AGE OF LEAGUES THE ITALIANS HATING FRENCH AND SPANIARDS BOTH ALIKE WERE CONTINUALLY FORMING COMBINATIONS AMONG THEMSELVES AND WITH FOREIGN POWERS AGAINST WHICHEVER HAPPENED TO BE THE STRONGEST THE CHIEF OF THESE WAS CALLED THE HOLY LEAGUE BECAUSE IT WAS FORMED BY POPE JULIUS THE SECOND WHO DREW INTO IT MAXIMILIAN THEN HEAD OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE FERDINAND OF SPAIN AND HENRY THE EIGHTH OF ENGLAND
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