The Pope's elephant

By Silvio A. Bedini

Subjects: Manuel, 1495-1521, Hanno (Elephant), Foreign relations, Diplomatic relations, Renaissance, Elephants in art, Catholic Church, International relations, History, Leo x, pope, 1475-1521

Description: A view of early modern Europe around 1514 and the inner workings of the Vatican in Rome as they related to Pope Leo X, the pleasure-loving pontiff whose court was famous for its excess, frivolity, and impropriety, as well as for its white elephant, Hanno.