Rome 1527: De grootste ramp uit de pauselijke geschiedenis | Pauscast

Rome, May 6, 1527. Before sunrise, thousands of soldiers stand before the city walls. Germans. Spaniards. Mercenaries who haven't been paid for months. Hungry, furious, and barely under control. Panic breaks out inside the walls. Priests flee into churches. Bells ring the alarm. Pope Clement VII tries to understand how this could have happened. Then the troops break through. What follows is one of the most gruesome episodes in the history of Rome. Churches are plundered. Monasteries destroyed. People murdered in the streets, nuns raped. The tomb of Pope Julius II is broken open. The Pope flees to the Castel Sant'Angelo. How could the capital of Christendom, of all places, be attacked by the army of the Catholic Emperor Charles V? What role did Pope Clement VII himself play in this disaster? And why do we need to discuss it again almost 500 years later? Stijn Fens talks about it with Christian van der Heijden and historian Bart Gielen in this special edition of the Pauscast. On power, war, the Reformation – and perhaps the most tragic pope in history. Editors: Bas Roetman Filming and editing: Mark van Vliet Production: Eugenie van der Weerd ► In this video: 00:00 - Intro 05:56 - Clement VII, the protagonist, what kind of man was he? 13:06 - The geopolitical situation in 1525 19:47 - What caused the Sack of Rome? 25:30 - This is what happened during the gruesome Sack 37:27 - Heroic role of the Swiss Guards 38:25 - How did it end? 41:24 - Rome rose from its ashes. But how?