Now, with the invasion of the French king Charles VIII., This phase of prosperity seems to end with a hammer blow.ĭoubtful claims on Naples and the Duchy of Milan led him and his many soldiers on the peninsula.īut he is not the only one who casts covetous eyes on the richness of Italy.Īlthough the Republic of Venice loses ground against the Ottomans in the Aegean Sea, they gain new possessions but at the expense of the emperor in the north.
