The Pope's elephant
By: Silvio A. Bedini.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Leo -- X, -- Pope, -- 1475-1521.; Manuel -- I, -- King of Portugal, -- 1469-1521.; Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Portugal.; Renaissance -- Italy -- Papal States.; Hanno (Elephant); Elephants in art.; Papal States -- History -- Leo X, 1513-1521.; Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798.; Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church.; Portugal -- History -- Manuel, 1495-1521.
Other titles: Dr Julius Slavenas Collection
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.
Notes: Dr Julius Slavenas Collection

"An elephant's journey from deep in India to the heart of Rome"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: The golden age; title: The road to Rome; title: The rose and the sword; title: The elephant-diplomat; title: The ill-fated rhinoceros; title: 'The wheele of change'; title: Remembrance and reflection; title: The prey of time.