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Article: Parma
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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PARMA
PARMA.
Located in the region of Emilia in northern Italy, Parma and its surrounding territory, never independent, became part of the Papal States in 1521. In 1545 Pope Paul III (reigned 1534
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1549) created the duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a nearby town, and made his son Pier Luigi Farnese (1503
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1547) the ruler. Paul III saw the duchy as a counterweight to Spanish power centered in Milan,
while the Spanish viceroy in Milan, Ferrante Gonzaga, viewed it as a threat. In addition, some nobles of Piacenza saw Pier Luigi's rule as oppressive. So, with the support of Gonzaga, they assassinated Pier Luigi on 10 September 1547. In the settling of accounts afterward, the ...
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