However, at the last moment Charle Steinhauslin, at the time consulate of 26 countries in Florence, convinced the German general in Italy that the Ponte Vecchio was not to be blown up due to its historical value.

However, upon Boccaccio's death his entire collection was given to the monastery of Santo Spirito, in Florence, where it still resides.

However, the addition of territory paradoxically reduced Piedmont's importance to the kingdom, and the capital was moved to Florence, and then to Rome.

However, the Medici remained masters of Italy through their two famous 16th century popes, Leo X and Clement VII, who were de facto rulers of both Rome and Florence.

However, in the more detailed 2000 Census data, only about 54 % of this metro was urbanized, consisting of the urban areas Florence ( 2000 pop.

However, promotion of the album and its singles stopped abruptly when Cindy Birdsong, who had spent months as a stand-in for Supremes founder Florence Ballard, suddenly left the Bluebelles to become a full-fledged member of The Supremes.

However in 1801 Ferdinand was compelled to make important concessions to the French by the Treaty of Florence, which reinforced France's position as the dominant power in mainland Italy.

" However, it was not until 1439 that the Council of Florence admitted the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

However, during the time of the Renaissance, when the statue was created, sodomy was illegal, and over 14, 000 people had been tried in Florence for this crime.

However, when Giovanni Boccaccio ( 1313-1375 ) was commissioned by the city of Florence to write Commento di Dante which he completed c. 1374 ( before the birth of Poggio Bracciolini ), he made clear use of the Annals when he gave an account of Seneca's death directly based on the Tacitus account in Annals book 15.

However the theatre is run by May Tolliver, played by Florence Bates — who could be construed as being Mrs Henderson.

However, the early 20th century historian Philip Wicksteed stated of Villani, " When dealing with his own times, and with events immediately connected with Florence, he is a trustworthy witness, but minute accuracy is never his strong point ; and in dealing with distant times and places he is hopelessly unreliable.

However, Berenson's Florence apartment in the Borgo San Jacopo was destroyed with some of its precious contents during the German retreat from Florence.

However, as it had on the Adriatic coast, the weather had broken and the rain and low cloud prevented air support while the roads back to the ever more distant supply dumps near Florence became morasses.

However, he noticed that, of the two major rock types in the Apennine Mountains near Florence, Italy, the lower layers had no fossils, while the upper ones were rich in fossils.

However, in April 1527 Gucciardini succeeded in averting an attack on Florence from a rebellious imperial army, which turned toward Rome instead.

However, Pope Julius II and Spain obliged Petrucci to make peace with Florence, to which he reluctantly gave the territory of Montepulciano in 1512.

However, Rita's strict mother Florence refuses to let her daughter attend, believing a career in music to be a dead end.

However, Tourneur opposed the evolving star system that Carl Laemmle had begun with his advertising campaign for actress Florence Lawrence.

However, one day Florence returns to the house with her son, Paul, and is lovingly reunited with her father.

However, he goes on to write that, Dombey and Son is a novel which in its beginning promises more than its progress fulfils ' and gives the following reasons why: Impossible to avoid the reflection that the death of Dombey's son and heir marks the end of a complete story, that we feel a gap between Chapter XVI and what comes after ( the author speaks of feeling it himself, of his striving to " transfer the interest to Florence ") and that the narrative of the later part is ill-constructed, often wearisome, sometimes incredible.

However, a suspected ulterior motive was for the Pazzi family to make a mark on the city of Florence Italy, to show their wealth and power in Renaissance era Italy.

However, upon arrival in Florence, they were told by Hysén's agent that the player had signed for Liverpool a few days previously, prompting the United management to make a move for Gary Pallister instead.

However, there were more ancient measures that were also farthingales.

However, there have been many wild claims of ancient mid eastern ancestry ( including Assyrian ) throughout Europe, Africa and even the Americas, none of which have been supported by mainstream opinion or strong evidence, let alone proof.

However, there is controversy about whether they were genuinely recorded at the time or merely ascribed to ancient rulers by posterity.

However, other ancient witnesses ( such as the Old Syriac Version, 2nd century ) put John's time on Patmos during the reign of Nero.

However, the similarity between the central concerns of Job and those of certain ancient Babylonian and Egyptian texts reveals a shared interest in the question of why the innocent suffer.

However, according to The Jewish Alchemists, Maria the Jewess was an ancient alchemist who lived in Alexandria, which would seem to contradict the tradition that she was Moses ' sister: Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 334 BC, while Moses is thought to have lived around 1450-1200 BC.

However, an earlier version of events by the same ancient author downplays Agrippa's role — so it is not known how large a hand he had in things.

However, the Council is not accepted by several of the ancient eastern churches, including the Oriental Orthodox of Egypt, Syria and Armenia, and the Assyrian Church of the East.

However, ancient as well as modern scholars have doubted the legitimacy of such inscriptions.

However, both the serpent and the spirit serve as jealous guardians of the graves of kings or ancient civilizations.

However, Valla added the translation of ancient Greek works on mathematics ( firstly by Archimedes ), newly discovered and translated.

However, wine flavored with wormwood goes back to ancient Rome.

However, some have taken the feudalism analogy further, seeing it in places as diverse as ancient Egypt, the Parthian empire, the Indian subcontinent, and the antebellum American South.

However, it soon became clear that Henry was not willing to concede his presumed and ancient right to name the pope and bishops within his kingdom.

However, not all such grimoires of this era were based upon Arabic sources ; the 13th century the Sworn Book of Honorius for instance was, like the ancient Testament of Solomon before it, largely based upon the supposed teachings of the Biblical king Solomon, and also included ideas such as prayers and a ritual circle, with the mystical purpose of having visions of God, Hell and Purgatory, and gaining much wisdom and knowledge as a result.

However, there were those who did not believe this, for instance the Fransiscan friar Roger Bacon ( c. 1214-1294 ) stated that books falsely claiming to be by ancient authors " ought to be prohibited by law ".

However, Galen and the ancient Greek medical tradition generally continued to be studied and followed in the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire.

However, Guarducci also states that in 1950 an ancient image of Mary at the Church of Santa Francesca Romana was determined to be a very exact, but reverse mirror image of the original circular icon that was made in the 5th century and brought to Rome, where it has remained until the present.

However, in view of the difficulty in finding accurate counts in the first place, Caesar's propagandistic purposes, and the common exaggeration of numbers in ancient texts, the stated totals of enemy combatants are likely to be too high.

However, studies of ancient DNA have revealed that in prehuman times it was far more widespread up the west coast of the South Island and was present in the lower half of the North Island where it was the only kiwi species detected.

However, in the 11th century, the Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer, drawing on ancient legends of the fallen angel or angels, brought back to the mainstream of rabbinic thought the personification of evil and the corresponding myth.

However, the ancient Ligurian language, which probably was Indo-European, is not directly connected to the Italian dialect spoken by the modern inhabitants of Liguria, nor to the modern Monegasque language.

However, the ancient Romans recognized the health benefits of a simple or " frugal " diet ( from the Latin fruges, the common name given to cereals, vegetables and legumes ) and thick vegetable soups and vegetables remained a staple.

However, the Arab invasions came at a time when both ancient powers were exhausted from the protracted Byzantine – Sassanid Wars, particularly the bitterly fought Byzantine – Sassanid War of 602 – 628 which had brought both empires close to collapse.

However, others of late have come to favour a different hypothesis: that the Frankish Kingdom comprised several regna ( loosely translated as kingdoms ) that since ancient times had maintained different customs and dialects.