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Carafa, Carlo, ca. 1517-1561. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1555-1556.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1555-1556.

Two documents on paper in Italian from the cardinal Carlo Carafa. The November 27, 1555 document, addressed to Scipione Rebiba, the bishop of Motula and governor of Rome, discusses the prison of the "religio Hierosolymitana," another name for the Knights of Malta, and urges Rebiba to improve the condition of the prison. Both contain wax seals and signatures and were written at the Palazzo. The April 14, 1556 document refers to the granting of a studio license in Capranica to Domenico Petreo da Montorio.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves)

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Carafa, Carlo, ca. 1517-1561. Strozzi transcript of Istruzione e lettere toccante il principio della rottura trà papa Paolo IV e l'imperatore, 1555-1561, 17th or 18th century.

Title: Strozzi transcript of Istruzione e lettere toccante il principio della rottura trà papa Paolo IV e l'imperatore, 1555-1561, 17th or 18th century.

Cardinal Carafa was papal legate in France, and this volume includes many of his letters to Henri II, Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers, the duc de Guise, and the constable de France. Includes also international material, such as the truce of 1556 between the Emperor and England, the peace concluded between the pope and Philip II of Spain after the Neapolitan war in 1557, instructions given to Fantuccio at the English court, etc. List of contents at end of volume.

ArchivalResource: 263 leaves.

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Gay, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1867-1946,. Avvenimenti del pontificato di Paolo IV e della casa Carafa con i capi del processo del Cardinal Carlo Carafa e loro difese / F. C. : manuscript, [16--]

Title: Avvenimenti del pontificato di Paolo IV e della casa Carafa con i capi del processo del Cardinal Carlo Carafa e loro difese / F. C. : manuscript, [16--]

Recounts alleged crimes as well as the deaths of Cardinal Charles Carafa and his brother Giovanni.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([2], 417 leaves) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612789855 View