(May 16, 2016 at 6:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The Papacy became 'hot shit' as soon as the Pope was able to raise armies.
Oh, it became hot shit as soon as there was a comfy place between the Roman emperors ass cheeks. The pope's armies are overrated in any case. The only one doing his own conquest was Alex VI through his son. The other ones let others do the fighting for them. Until Charles V somehow forgot to pay his mercenaries right at the gates of Rome, that is.