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Counterfactuals: 1527 Sack of Rome

The History Guy by The History Guy

Jul 14, 202666:09Society & Culture

On today’s episode, we talk about an event often thought to have ended the “High Renaissance” period: the sack of Rome by a mutinous contingent of German and Spanish mercenaries in May, 1527. Often forgotten, it had a pr...

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Counterfactuals: 1527 Sack of Rome is an episode from The History Guy by The History Guy. On today’s episode, we talk about an event often thought to have ended the “High Renaissance” period: the sack of Rome by a mutinous contingent of Ger...

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Published Jul 14, 2026, 66:09 long, audio available.