How did Portugal justify its alliance with Protestant England to the pope
There was never a Portuguese-British alliance. What you're thinking about was the Anglo-Portuguese alliance confirmed in 1373.
>>871917
Yeah that, how did They justify it in 1700 or so when the British are full Protestants
>>872343
English *
>>871661
The Pope and France allied with the Ottoman Turks against Catholic Austria at one point so nobody really gave a damn by that point.
>>872343
The way he worded it, that's how.
Besides, by the 1700's, papal authority in Europe had diminished greatly.
>>871661
Stop spamming this thread