In an attempt to put an end to the quarrels between ambassadors to the Holy See, Pope Julius II set forth in 1504 an order of precedence. It was only binding in the Papal States, and was rejected by the Holy Roman Emperor as not binding on him. The list became obviously moot as regards all kings and princes who left the Catholic Church soon after.
Ordo Regnum
Over five hundred years ago, a man named Petrarch climbed a mountain just to see the view. It was a new kind of thinking, it became the beginning of the Renaissance. The name of that mountain was Ventoux.
--- Frank Black, Millennium (Episode #34 - Luminary)
Altissimum regionis huius montem, quem non immerito Ventosum vocant, hodierno die, sola videndi insignem loci altitudinem cupiditate ductus, ascendi.
--- Francesco Petrarca: Epistola ad Dionysium de Burgo Sancti Sepulcri (De ascensu montis Ventosi)
To-day [April 26, 1336] I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which is not improperly called Ventosum. My only motive was the wish to see what so great an elevation had to offer.
--- Francesco Petrarca: Letter to Dionisio da Borgo San Sepolcro (The Ascent of Mount Ventoux)
Read more:
http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/source/petrarch-ventoux.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_Mont_Ventoux
Ozymandias, king of kings, meet Sennacherib, king of the world.
About 700 years before the birth of Christ, the restless Assyrian listed his deeds on palace walls and artifacts.
"I led vast armies," Sennacherib writes. "I made the desert bloom and built splendid palaces in Nineveh. Best of all, when the king of Judea misbehaved, I stuck him in a birdcage for a while.
