Age of Absolutism 1: Central Europe and the Rise of the Habsburgs
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The Succession Crisis in Italy
The capture of otronto sent a serious message through italy that if they didn't somehow unify and put forward a common defence under a powerful leadership structure, then they were vulnerable to conquest. The byzantine empire considered itself the roman empire. And so the ottoman sultans, in their view, were the new roman emperors, and hence, it was only right and natural that they should rule over rome itself. But at the same time, other european powers, particularly france and spain, were adopting similar strategies and similar reforms to the ottomans. In 14 94, both the spanish and the french found pretexts
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