Title: The Pope's elephant
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: History, Foreign relations, Renaissance, Elephants in art, Catholic Church, Hanno (Elephant), Manuel, 1495-1521, Leo x, pope, 1475-1521, Diplomatic relations, International relations, Diplomatic gifts
Places: Portugal, Papal States, Rome (Italy), Italy
People: Leo X Pope (1475-1521), Manuel I King of Portugal (1469-1521)
Time periods: 1420-1798, Leo X, 1513-1521, Manuel, 1495-1521