The Sack of Rome 1527 - The Darkest Hour of the Landsknechts

On the 6th of May 1527 an army of emperor Karl V, enraged and completely beyond the control of its commanders, sacked the city of Roma - this event is also known as Sacco di Roma. The soldiers plundered as they pleased. Rome was aflame. This video explains how contemporary historiography recounts the Sack of Rome.

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This video is a collab with the pike and shot channel. His video can be found here:    • Sack of Rome 1527 - What happened after?  


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Bibliography:
Hook, J., The Sack of Rome 1527, Basingstoke 22004.
Shaw, Ch. / Mallet, M., The Italian Wars 1494-1559 (War, State and Society in
Early Modern Europe), Harlow 2019.
Sherer, I. A Bloody Carnival? Charles V’s Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527, in: Journal of the society for Renaissance Studies online, last updated 1. Dec. 2019.

Primary Sources:
Buonaparte, Jacopo, II Sacco di Roma, ragguaglio storico attribuito a Jacopo Buonaparto, Florence 1527.
Guicciardini, Luigi, II Sacco di Roma, Paris 1564.