Lorenzo Tondo, the Guardian’s southern Italy correspondent, reports that other jail riots were also sparked in Salerno, Naples, Alessandria, Vercelli, Bari, Palermo, Foggia and Frosinone when the news of the new decree banning visits from relatives spread among inmates. Prisoners in several prisons set mattresses on fire, while two prison guards were taken hostage temporarily in Pavia.
An investigation is ongoing to ascertain the causes of the inmates’ deaths.
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As per the agreement reached at the conference in Parma, the King of France, Alfonso d'Este, and Doge of Venice have agreed to meet in the city of Rome, to receive arbitration from His Holiness himself. In order to include more voices, and provide more perspectives on the matter, the King of the Romans and King of Aragon are both invited.
In addition, Modena, being an imperial fief, needs to be arbitrated upon by the King of the Romans, rather than His Holiness the Pope.
In June of 1504, men of immense power and prestige gathered around a table in a great hall. Outside white stone buildings rose tall, reaching up into the sky as if to try and touch the heavens. Though hopefully they would not incur the wrath of Babel, for here in Rome resides the Most Holy Father, Pope Paul III.
He was among the men around the table, also at the table was King Louis XII of France, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Maximilian of Austria, Doge Leonardo Loredan of Venice, and Ercole d'Este, claimant to Modena and Ferrara.
The men had gathered to address the occupation and dispute of Modena and Ferrara, claimed both by Doge Loredan and Ercole d'Este. Ercole's claim was supported by King Ferdinand, while King Louis XII appeared to lean towards Venice, although fell short of openly siding with them. King Maximilian was largely neutral, as was the Pope, the two serving more to facilitate the negotiations than take a side.
The discussions lasted almost a week, with Venice and d'Este frequently butting heads over the specifics of the deal. Maximilian was a strong proponent of ensuring d'Este's independence from any other party during the deal, which garnered d'Este's favour, whereas Pope Paul III found d'Este contemptible, and sided towards Venice claims.
In the end, both Louis XII and Ferdinand II ended up supporting the proposal Doge Leonardo put forward, which proposed the surrender of the bulk of the territory to d'Este in return for some minor concessions. d'Este initally rejected this earning the ire of Louis XII, however after it became clear that if he was to fight for more he would be forced to face the Venetian armies alone, d'Este conceded.
- The final agreed map
- A peace agreement that so long as the Lordship of Modena and Ferrara remain ruled by the d'Estes, there will be peace between the Lordship and the Republic of Venice.
- Freedom of movement for Venetians moving through the territory
- The allowance to continue building the Venetian road through d'Este's territory
- Finishing the construction of the new "stelle fortificate" by Venice for d'Este's ownership
- d'Este recognizes the subjugation of Massa & Carrara by Venice as just and fair
