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Invasion fears and papal money schemes in Rome and Austria
From Avignon to Rome and Vienna the dispatches report ongoing preparations for wars and levies. The Pope faces pressure to fund a 20000 man force, proposing confiscation of fiefs, while Austrian Hungarian estates dispute Chancellor succession rights and clerical power. Military moves include Palatine and Imperial regiments marching toward Vada, and Presburg enforcing measures against malecontents.
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Avignon
Rome
Turin
Ferrarere
Venice
Italy
Ferrareze
Aradena
Vienna
House of Bourbon
Modena
Spain
Vada
Hungary
Presburg
Diet
House of Austria
Kingdom of Hungary
Transilvania
Heifter
Savarins
Arenburg
Hefer
Schlick
Moselle
Berne