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Italy was a target for invasion. During the Renaissance, they many city-states in Italy constantly battled for power, leaving Italy weak and not united. French King Charles VIII invaded Italy in 1949. His eirs Louis XII formed the League of Cambrai with the pope and German emperor Maximilian. A new pope was threatened by the French and joined with the Spanish and Germans to expel France from Italy. When French later returned, the Habsburg-Valois Wars began. The battlefield was often in Italy and the country did not achieve unification until 1870.

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