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The estimate in Rome was the forces required to prosecute the conflict militarily were 50,000 infantry with 4,000 cavalry; beyond the papal pocket. Philip III ordered [[Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes]] in [[Milan]] to readiness, with the required cavalry and about half the infantry. [[Pope Paul V]] called in Alfonso d'Avalos, a Spanish colonel based in Milan, to oversee, and Alessandro Monti from [[Flanders]] to command, his forces. Henry IV started to raise troops.<ref>John A. Marino, ''Early Modern Italy'' (2002), p. 25.</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:46, 26 September 2011
The Venetian Interdict of 1606 and 1607 was the expression in terms of canon law, by means of a papal interdict, of a diplomatic quarrel and confrontation between the Papal Curia and the Republic of Venice, taking place in the period from about 1605 to 1610. While it was active, the Interdict saw expulsions of some religious orders from Venice, a pamphlet war, and intense diplomacy by France and Spain to resolve the issue.[1]
Course of events
In 1605 Venice took measures to counter a papal attack on the way the Republic exerted control over its Catholic clergy. Pope Paul V treated Venice's approach, on civil jurisdiction over clerics and church property, as anti-clerical; Leonardo Donato, an opponent of papal power, was elected Doge early in 1606.[2]
Based on the case current at the time of two arrested clerics, the Pope issued an interdict against Venice in April 1606.[3] In diplomatic moves, Philip III of Spain encouraged the Papacy to press its case; while Henry IV of France supported Venice.
- Military buildup
The estimate in Rome was the forces required to prosecute the conflict militarily were 50,000 infantry with 4,000 cavalry; beyond the papal pocket. Philip III ordered Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes in Milan to readiness, with the required cavalry and about half the infantry. Pope Paul V called in Alfonso d'Avalos, a Spanish colonel based in Milan, to oversee, and Alessandro Monti from Flanders to command, his forces. Henry IV started to raise troops.[4]
- Resolution
War threatened, but the French were not clearly prepared to fight over the matter, as the Spanish were. As this became apparent, Henry's diplomacy was able to resolve the immediately contentious matters.[2] The interdict was lifted and formal reconciliation occurred in April 1607.[5]
Evaluations
Bouwsma states that, while the outcome was satisfactory to Venice, this event also marks the beginning of the decline of the Republic.[6] John A. Marino writes that the polemical exchanges on theories of statehood, by their intellectual depth, were influential for future discussions well into the 17th century.[5]
References
- William J. Bouwsma (1968), Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty. University of California Press.
Notes
- ^ Bouwsma, Chapter VII
- ^ a b New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. III (1968), p. 263.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ John A. Marino, Early Modern Italy (2002), p. 25.
- ^ a b John A. Marino, Early Modern Italy 1550–1796 (2002), p. 25.
- ^ Bouwsma, p. 483.