Article: Cambrai, League of (1508)

CAMBRAI, LEAGUE OF (1508)

CAMBRAI, LEAGUE OF (1508). The League of Cambrai was an alliance of European powers against the Venetian Republic signed on 10 December 1508. Named for the town in the Netherlands where the treaty was signed, the alliance against Venice included France, Spain, England, Germany, and the papacy, as well as the Italian states of Savoy, Ferrara, and Mantua. All swore to avenge the injuries, violations, and damages caused by the state of Venice.

The Venetian Republic offended the other European powers when it began to extend its empire on the Italian mainland. In the fifteenth century, the changing nature of the Venetian economy required such an expansion of ...

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