Venne copioso di tesoro, di gente d’arme & d’artiglieria" Charles VIII of France and Late Medieval Political Thought

The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between political facts and wriBen culture in Late Medieval Europe, focusing on the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France and the intellectual production related to it. Among others, the following texts – originating outside the academic environment – are analyzed: La Ressource de la Chres.enté by André de la Vigne, the Ora.o ad Carolum Magnum Gallorum regem by Marsilio Ficino, the De bello Italico by Bernardo Rucellai, Girolamo Savonarola’s sermons, the Vulnera diligen.s by BenedeBo Luschino, and the anonymous Vaki’at-i sultan Gem