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Papal melancholy and Turkish incursions in 1721 letters
A compact 1721 Gazette style dispatch notes the Pope's melancholy and health concerns amid pressure from French and Spanish ministers to mediate Catholic power disputes. It also reports Turkish raids, Austrian and Swedish diplomacy, and a formal Hereford archdeaconry letter expressing church gratitude and loyalty to the crown. The fragmentary dispatches cite Stockholm, Helsingfors, and a Newsted Congress context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Flanders
Rome
Spain
Warsaw
Constantinople
Parte
Crown General
Furm’dy
Caminieck
Hamburg
Stockholm
Newsted
Royal Chancery
Sweden
Helsingfors
Nyland
Ghyist
Muthadd