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to where Henry had already sent a small and ineffectual delegation on 16 May. The council fell short of achieving the goals of Pius II, among other reasons due to the instable balance between England and France at that time that the English crown needed to maintain.
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With Henry VI now under control of the Yorkists, Coppini supposedly played a crucial role in arranging a new order in the kingdom, as he reported to Pius II. As he had been promised by the Yorkists, he could now fulfil his papal mission. After the
313:, who had sided with the Lancastrians in England. Coppini returned to England in the bishops entourage, but after French and Lancastrian complaints to the Pope, he finally returned to Rome in disgrace in November 1461. 266:
on 30 December 1460 however, the tides temporarily turned against York. In January 1461, Coppini sent fruitless letters of negotiation to Queen Margaret, then called for a crusade against the
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and Coppini's patron in Milan, Francesco Sforza, pleaded the pope to announce Coppini for the position of legate cardinal in England as reward for his services. Pius II however named the
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Regarding the second part of his mission to mediate between York and Lancaster, Coppini was unable to achieve much in his limited role as nuncio instead of a full
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In March 1462, Pius II partially yielded to political demands. A process against Francesco Coppini was opened, he was dismissed from his bishopric and sent to
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He arrived in Dover on 4 June 1459, then travelled to London, where he initially opened negotiations with Henry VI and delivered his invitation to the
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and raising the banner of the church to incite civil war. Coppini confessed under pressure and on 2 March 1463, he was banished to the
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Des Nuntius Franz Coppini Antheil an der Entthronung des Königs Heinrich VI. und seine Verurtheilung bei der Römischen Curie
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on 2 July 1460. Still proclaiming to seek negotiation, Coppini explicitly favoured the Yorkist cause at the
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on 17 February 1461, he terminated his mission and fled to Bruges. He then travelled between
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After his attempts to collect the tithe and proclaim the crusade were rebuffed by Queen
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to join the crusade against the Turks. He was also given instructions to carry out in
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and entered church services, then went to Florence again where he eventually became a
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sent to England in 1459 to arrange a reconciliation between the houses of
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on 21 March 1463. Still working on his rehabilitation under the new
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to England with the double purpose of bringing about an end to the
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as Coppini's successor to address concerns by the new
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in 1460, Coppini entered into negotiations with the
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