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In Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, author Matthew Kneale mentions in passing that Holy Roman Emperor Charles V could have intervened to make Martin Luther the Pope. Could that really have happened, and did Charles V consider it?

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In Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, author Matthew Kneale mentions in passing that Holy Roman Emperor Charles V could have intervened to make Martin Luther the Pope. Could that really have happened, and did Charles V consider it?	189
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