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Adrian VI

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Adrian VI 1459-1523, pope (1522-23), a Netherlander (b. Utrecht) named Adrian Florensz; successor of Leo X. He taught at Louvain and was tutor of the young prince, later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V . This was a time when Roman life was extravagant, papal expenditures on worldly objects were lavish, and the Curia needed drastic reform. Adrian, an ascetic and a pious man, did his best to curb the abuses he found, but he died after 20 months. He was succeeded by Clement VII. Author not available, ADRIAN VI. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Noble, Adrian Keith
Noble, Adrian Keith (1950– ), English director. After beginning his career...Kenneth Branagh, Macbeth (1986), and The Plantagenets (1988), adapted from Henry VI and Richard III . His other work ranged from Massinger's A New Way to Pay... Read more

Clement VII
c.1475-1534, pope (1523-34), a Florentine named Giulio de' Medici; successor of Adrian VI. He was the nephew of Lorenzo de' Medici and was therefore first cousin of Pope Leo X. In 1513 he became a cardinal and as archbishop of Florence was noted as a reformer. He was a chief supporter and adviser of Adrian ... Read more

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	Arts: The power behind the throne THEATRE: The moral seriousness Michael Boyd brings to Shakespeare's Henry VI and his sense of the paranoia of power come from one extraordinary year in Russia, he tells Daniel Rosenthal ; ...directing all three parts of Henry VI, followed by Richard III. His...Boyd and RSC artistic director Adrian Noble discussed the possibility...for Boyd to be handed Henry VI. "Then I persuaded Adrian that Richard III was basically Henry VI, Part 4 and therefore I should... Read more
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