It led to the sack of Rome and the imprisonment of Clement VII.

by Charles's troops.

The dependence of the Pope on the Emperor made it impossible for Clement to grant Henry's petition for divorce, and his failure to obtain the divorce precipitated Wolsey's fall.
[Footnote 425: _L.

and P._, iii., 1370.] [Footnote 426: _Ven.

Cal._, iii., 312.] [Footnote 427: _L.