According to Barbara Tuchman, beginning in about 1470 a succession of Popes focused on the acquisition of money, their role in Italian politics as rulers of the papal states and power politics within the college of cardinals.
根據芭芭拉‧塔奇雲(Barbara Tuchman)，約在1470年開始，繼任的教皇都專注於獲得金錢，和他們在意大利政治作為教皇國的角色，和樞機團內強權的政治。