Final years That Leo did not do more to check the anti-papal rebellion in Germany and Scandinavia is to be partially explained by the political complications of the time, and by his own preoccupation with papal and Medicean politics in Italy. The death of the Emperor Maximilian in 1519 had seriously affected the situation. Leo vacillated between the powerful candidates for the succession, allowing it to appear at first that he favoured Francis or a minor German prince. He finally accepted Charles of Spain as inevitable.
Final years That Leo did not do more to check the anti-papal rebellion in Germany and Scandinavia is to be partially explained by the political complications of the time and by his own preoccupation with papal and Medicean politics in Italy The death of the Emperor Maximilian in 1519 had seriously affected the situation Leo vacillated between the powerful candidates for the succession allowing it to appear at first that he favoured Francis or a minor German prince He finally accepted Charles of Spain as inevitable