Charles VIII is crowned King of Naples

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Tweet Report an Error
Charles VIII of France was crowned King of Naples. Almost immediately, however, he was alerted to the gathering of an army by the League of Venice in northern Italy, so on 20 May Charles, not wishing to be trapped in the Neapolitan territories, retreated northwards to Lombardy.

46 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Charles VIII is crowned King of Naples". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=13941, accessed 23 November 2024.]

13941 Charles VIII is crowned King of Naples 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.