The treaty of tordesillas was negotiated by the Pope the head of the Roman Catholic Church which inferences can you make about h
is authority? All European nations respected treaties made by the Pope
The pope was a powerful politician figure in Europe not just a religious one
The pope favorite Portugal over Spain by giving it more territory
The pope had no authority in England and France
Indgenuity answer is:
the pope was a powerful politician figure in Europe not just a religious one
The pope was a powerful politician figure in Europe not just a religious one
Explanation:
King John II couldn't enable the Papal requests to stand, however, so he began his own discussions with the Spanish. The outcome was The Treaty of Tordesillas, an understanding that moved the Inter caetera line, 270 leagues, west. It was sanctioned by Pope Julius II in 1506.
Portugal got fundamentally all of Central and South America when Columbus had found it due to the Alcacovas Treaty. Ferdinand had been fortunate that a Spanish Pope was in power, fortunate that Alexander VI had made such a disproportionate Papal Bull and fortunate that Portugal had acknowledged it and negotiated from that point.
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