Italic League

Italic League
Map of Italy in the late 15th century, in Italian, showing the major powers of Florence, Milan, Naples, the Papal States and Venice, plus the more-minor powers such a Genoa, Modena–Ferrara, Mantua, Sienna and Lucca.
Italy in 1494, showing the borders that were broadly stabilised by the treaty 40 years earlier
ContextTreaty of Lodi, after the Wars in Lombardy
SignedAugust 30, 1454 (1454-08-30)
LocationVenice, Republic of Venice
Expiry1494 (1494)
Signatories

The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, and the Kingdom of Naples, following the Treaty of Lodi a few months previously.[1][2] The next forty years were marked by peace and economic expansion based on a balance of power within Italy. The decline of the League brought about the Italian Wars.

  1. ^ Roland Sarti (2004). "Italic League". Italy. Infobase Publishing. p. 342. ISBN 978-0816-07474-7.
  2. ^ Randolph Starn (1982). Contrary Commonwealth: The Theme of Exile in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. University of California Press. pp. 86–90. ISBN 978-0520-04615-3.