Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1804 up your alley (thirteen)
In an empty grotto, Severus spread out the ancient map found in the library before Ottoman transformed Paris.

The Church of St. Francis Xavier was still a field at the end of the 18th century. By the mid-19th century, it was already a small town in a wealthy area.

Opposite the church are Prince Bourbon-Condé's Mansion and Montesquieu's Mansion. These two are close neighbors and occupy a larger area than ordinary houses. The square is almost the same as the combined area of ​​these two churches, which is indeed too large for a little-known church.

St. Francis Xavier preached in the East, and many of his missionary content can be seen on the murals of the church, including some people dressed in India.

If the emperors conquered other countries by force, then the church conquered other civilizations in another way.

There is far more power tasted in bending a man's will than in winning his heart.

Many priests actually participated in the robbery of the occupied areas, and Portuguese missionaries often hid gold bricks in their robes.

The Gauls, like the Germans and Celts, also had their own civilization and mythology, which have completely disappeared now. The re-emergence of Norse mythology is also related to the decline of Christianity after the rise of the Industrial Revolution.

Thor is the patron saint of craftsmen. He is young and has strong biceps like a prince. After all, his weapon is a warhammer. Can priests with bells and wine glasses beat him?

In the Decameron's story about Siena, the priest Rinaldo sneaked in while the master was away. Later, the husband came back halfway. In order to deceive her husband, the woman said that there was something in her son's body. The worms were chased away by the priest's spell, and the "good" host not only believed it, but according to the priest's words, he enshrined the wax figure in front of the statue of St. send away.

Pooh!
During the French Revolution, commoners refused to pay tithes to the church, and this tax was collected for 1000 years and was later abolished.Luther's Reformation destroyed the belief in authority, but established the authority of faith. If buying indulgences is really useful, wouldn't God become the same "gatekeeper of heaven" as those who collect money at the gate of the city?

Coins "jingle" into the cash box, and your soul immediately ascends to heaven.

Pooh!
The authority of the Church turned monks into laymen because they turned laymen into monks.Although priests cannot get married, illegitimate children are also arranged properly, and even some monasteries simply have illegitimate children.

Rather than saying it was tolerance, it was better to say that it was hiding evil people and practices. Later, the believers became more and more distrustful of these monks.

Siena and Florence had a large number of deaths in the Black Death, but they were still much smaller than those ruled by feudal lords in Italy.

These feudal lords were not like the Bishop of Milan, who immediately sealed the doors and windows with bricks when they discovered that someone had suffered from the Black Death, whether they were dead or alive.It is also not like the Florentines, who let the nobles go to the surrounding villas and implement isolation while taking refuge.

Many people have heard of feudal autocracy, but may not have heard of feudal democracy. Aren’t feudalism and democracy opposites?Isn't it always the advanced democracy that overthrows the backward feudalism?
Italy is not a unified country, but a scattered feudal city, similar to the city-states of Greece. There are nobles, knights, and citizens in the country. All three classes have the right to vote and be elected, and participate in the election of the city council , and was elected as a Member of Parliament.

But wealthy businessmen can buy the status of knights, enter the knight class, and even enter the noble class by buying a large amount of land. Small traders and small handicraftsmen do not have the financial resources, so they cannot become knights and nobles.The city council is in the hands of the aristocratic class. The Uffizi Gallery, where the Venus of the Medici is stored, was formerly the office of the Florence Government Affairs Department, and it was also the office of the Medici family.

The Borgia family, which is also a big family, does not have a government office in Florence. If they want to handle government affairs, they can only do it in the Uffizi, or take them home. They cannot be as blatant as the Medici. hall.Although the Medici family did not wear the title of feudal lord, they were the uncrowned kings of Florence. They also had their own standards for who they wanted to employ. Anyway, Machiavelli, who recommended himself, was not successful under their hands.

It was not until 1494, when the Medici family lost power and the Florentine Republic was established, that Machiavelli became the head of the Second Office of the Florentine Republic.

Machiavelli is a declining nobleman. His father used to be a lawyer. His family has nothing but books. He has little opportunity for education and relies entirely on self-study.

With his background, it is impossible to take the same path as those rich and powerful nobles. He can only have a chance if he finds another way to get Lorenzo's appreciation, but he does not get Lorenzo's attention, so naturally he is also in the parliament. I have no right to speak.

After the establishment of the Florentine Republic, the original Uffizi Government Office was no longer used, and the Florence City Hall, the so-called Palazzo Vecchio, was used instead. on the foundation of the family estate.The Medici family was the pope's banker. Later, with the support of Spain, the Medici family overthrew the Florentine Republic and regained power. Machiavelli was arrested and imprisoned, and was released after being relieved of all duties.

After regaining his freedom, Machiavelli lived in seclusion in the manor for a long time. He wrote "The Prince" in order to gain the appreciation of the Medici family, but he did not dedicate it to the Medici family.

The Republic of Venice is also called a republic, but Venice is an oligarch, while the Republic of Florence is constantly occupied by France. Spain and the "old nobles" built a castle on the hill behind Florence to besiege the city. Under such blockade and plunder, It really doesn't matter if it's a show of hands or not.

Napoleon said, first build a country, then discuss how to make it great.

If Florence, a democratic republic, is annexed by Frank, a feudal autocracy, then it is completely meaningless to discuss who will be in power to maintain order, after all, they are all puppet regimes.

The Medici family backed by Spain came to power, which was related to the Pope.

In 1494, the Pope made Spain and Portugal sign an agreement, drew a line, and assigned the eastern hemisphere of the earth to Portugal, while Spain held America in its arms, and the Pope was the invention of the famous Cantrera by Alexander VI of Borgia.

Why did the Borgia family, who were enemies of the Medici family, help them?
When Florence was a feudal democracy, who would be the feudal lord was decided by Borgia and the Medici, who fought openly and secretly. After becoming a republic, they both stepped down together. The Ditch family plays the previous game.

The line drawn by Alexander VI is the Pope's meridian, which does not pass through the capital of any country. It is essentially the same as a pupil drawing a line on a desk, except that the meridian drawn in 1493 passed through the Cape Verde Islands. In 1494, Spain passed the Treaty of Todsilas and moved the line 270 leagues westward, which allowed Spain to hold America in its arms.

It is of course conditional for the Pope to agree to the change. Spain wants to help the Medici family take back Florence. It is precisely because Spain has the "legal right to operate" South America that the Spanish Armada can use force "legally". This makes the British Unable to trade in the Americas without the consent of Spain, and the South China Sea incident occurred.

When the contract was first signed, Spain thought that it had taken advantage of it. The road to India was in the west, while Portugal bypassed the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and obtained all the strongholds on the route to India.

Now there are only a few coins in the donation box in the Church of St. Francis Xavier. When they gain power, they also need wind and rain.If it is not a last resort, the wizards will not reconcile with the priest.

Napoleon forgave Shehey who instigated the riots in Cairo because they were old, and they started the riots because of their interests. They would not be like young people who would be filled with righteous indignation when they saw the head of Rafaxine falling out of their pockets, and then rise up to resist.

Eugène Boharnet was very obedient to his stepfather and helped him with this kind of work. Perhaps it was because of his obedience that Napoleon entrusted Italy to him.

Question: Druids are also very close to nature. In theory, they can get along easily with wizards. Why...

Answer: Is it more comfortable to live in a cave or tree hole, or in a house?Are you a pointy-eared elf or a human?
Human beings do not stand at the top of the food chain because of mercy. It is not at all pleasant to give up this position and return to the food chain.

Elves, centaurs, and giants have long lives without that sense of urgency. They can learn slowly. As they age, their wise men are even better than humans, but their entire group is not as good as the crowd.

A Mamluk is good at fighting alone, but not as good as the French in groups.

The same is true for wizards. The biggest advantage of wizards is that they can hide in the sea of ​​people. If they are exposed, they will be under siege. If she is a woman, it will be even worse.

Severus had to get Pomona out before the Muggles ripped her apart.

It's sad, but the reality is.

Napoleon is as cunning as a fox, but he himself is imprisoned, what ability does he have to protect her?

The king is doomed to be lonely, even if there is always a lingering shadow in his heart, which often appears in the magic mirror.

Severus pulled out Kamose I's dagger and poked it in the place of the Invalides.

As if poking at the chest of the immortal corpse lying under the magnificent baroque dome.

(End of this chapter)