I’d say it was lost when the then Pope has the hubris to divide the unknown parts of the world in half and give one half to Spain and one half to Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas and Treaty of Saragosa.
Takes a massive ego to decide you own the entire world and can hand it out like party favors.
I’d say it was lost when the then Pope has the hubris to divide the unknown parts of the world in half and give one half to Spain and one half to Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas and Treaty of Saragosa.
Takes a massive ego to decide you own the entire world and can hand it out like party favors.
Pope Alexander VI had the requisite amount.