The pope's elephant

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.

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

People: Leo X Pope (1475-1521),  Manuel I King of Portugal (1469-1521)

Places: Portugal,  Papal States,  Rome (Italy),  Italy

Times: 1420-1798,  Leo X, 1513-1521,  Manuel, 1495-1521