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<p>69.64.71.162: </p> <hr /> <div>The '''Papal States''' are the personal lands of the [[pope]], held by him in a [[feudal]] manner in the same way as any other [[crown]], except that the [[pope]] is not a [[hereditary]] office, it is [[elect]]ed.<br /> <br /> The area of the '''Papal States''' varied widely during the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]], however they usually included [[Rome]], [[Viterbo]], [[Urbino]] and ocassionally lands as far north as [[Ferrara]], [[Bologna]], [[Parma]] and [[Modena]].<br /> <br /> To the south of the '''Papal States''' is the [[Kingdom]] of [[Naples]].<br /> <br /> While the Pope controlled the Papal States, he was a de facto [[Secular]] Italian prince. One of the points of the leaders of the [[Reformation]], such as [[Martin Luther]] was that the Pope by controlling these lands had abjured his [[Spritual]] responsibilities for [[Temporal]] gains.</div>

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