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Topic: Italian War of Louis XII
Location: Neapolis > Naples > Napoli Campania Italy

Italian War of Louis XII

Years: 1499 - 1503

The Second Italian War (1499–1504), sometimes known as Louis XII's Italian War or the War over Naples, is the second of the Italian Wars; it is fought primarily by Louis XII of France and Ferdinand I of Aragón with the participation of several Italian powers.

In the aftermath of the First Italian War, Louis is determined to press his claim on the thrones of Milan and Naples.

In 1499 Louis XII invades Lombardy and seizes Milan, to which he has a claim in right of his paternal grandmother Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)