ItwastheageofDaVinciandMichelangelo,ofenlightenedcreativityandunparalleledintellectualachievement.ButitwasalsotheageofMachievelli,oframpantlawlessness,incessantwarandunspeakabledepravity.AttheheartoftheworldorderwastheVatican,thearbiterofconflictsbetweenkingdomsandempires.AndatthecenteroftheVaticanwasamanwhosequestfo...