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By the time Bona Sforza was born in 1494, the Spanish had already begun their conquest of the Americas, which they had discovered two years earlier. Eventually, they would bring some previously unknown food products back to Europe: beans, maize, turkeys, cocoa, peppers, vanilla, pineapples, avocados, pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, sunflowers and peanuts. But not so fast; for now, the only novelty that had made its way from the Americas – was syphilis. | By the time Bona Sforza was born in 1494, the Spanish had already begun their conquest of the Americas, which they had discovered two years earlier. Eventually, they would bring some previously unknown food products back to Europe: beans, maize, turkeys, cocoa, peppers, vanilla, pineapples, avocados, pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, sunflowers and peanuts. But not so fast; for now, the only novelty that had made its way from the Americas – was syphilis. | ||
Europe, meanwhile, was the stage for a rivalry among three powerful dynasties. One was the Habsburgs, who held the elective throne of the Holy Roman Empire and reigned by inheritance in Austria and the Netherlands. In the east, the Habsburgs vied for influence with the | Europe, meanwhile, was the stage for a rivalry among three powerful dynasties. One was the Habsburgs, who held the elective throne of the Holy Roman Empire and reigned by inheritance in Austria and the Netherlands. In the east, the Habsburgs vied for influence with the Jagiellons, who ruled a vast territory stretching from the Baltic to the Black and Adriatic seas. This rivalry would unfold mostly peacefully, conducted primarily through matrimonial diplomacy.<ref>{{Cyt | ||
| tytuł = Folia Historica Cracoviensia | | tytuł = Folia Historica Cracoviensia | ||
| nazwisko r = von Güttner-Sporzyński | | nazwisko r = von Güttner-Sporzyński | ||