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John Michael Wright’s Account of his Excellence Earl of Castlemaine’s Embassy to His Holiness Innocent XI (1687). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/587fb758-45f9-42e0-b708-05b78ab6dcdd/JMW+Carriage.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure. 2: The lead carriage in Palmer’s entrance procession, from John Michael Wright’s Account of his Excellence Earl of Castlemaine’s Embassy to His Holiness Innocent XI (1687). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/e6361225-e70d-4891-93cb-7de5afdb0125/JMW+Papal+COA.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 3: The Papal Coat of Arms, from John Michael Wright’s Account of his Excellence Earl of Castlemaine’s Embassy to His Holiness Innocent XI (1687). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/8cf7cafb-4770-4fd4-8972-fa5c495e8108/Proud+Primacy+4.gif Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 4: Emperors kissing the Popes toe, from ‘The Proud Primacy of Popes’ in John Foxe, Acts and Monuments (1570). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/144bb1e2-b7d7-45d5-a6d1-941f17318287/Proud+Primacy+9.gif Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 5: Princes paying homage to the Pope, from ‘The Proud Primacy of Popes’ in John Foxe, Acts and Monuments (1570). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/77afec14-6ab7-4be3-9e80-41f74f155109/FoxeHenryVIII.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 6: Henry VIII triumphing over the pope, from in John Foxe, Acts and Monuments (1570). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/2e28e0b0-2ed4-48d9-a8e7-8ee181986543/Cranach+Kiss+Toe.JPG Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 7: Lucas Cranach, Passional Christi und Antichristi (1521). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/baab7b4e-83ea-48e2-92f4-e8ea9453b10a/Solemn+Mock+Procession.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 8: The Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope (1680). Copyright of the Trustees of the British Museum. Princes kiss the pope’s foot on the middle float in the bottom row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/22f7920c-3b09-4bbf-a802-b2b0a4fe1b41/Contents+hats+Caps.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 9: The Contents: or, Hats for Caps (1680). Copyright of the Trustees of the British Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/0d50a5f7-a3d2-4310-beb6-c41b8461e51e/Days+of+Yore+1821.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 10: Days of Yore, Or a Peep into Futurity (1821). Copyright of the Trustees of the British Museum. George IV kisses the pope’s toe as fires of persecution rage in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659a7cc30c4be7bdd3cb3cf/9ae8b801-25b8-458c-a7b3-252a0485dd42/Doing+Homage.jpg Blog - Kissing the Pope’s Foot. - Make it stand out Figure 11: Doing Homage (c.1828-30). Copyright of the Trustees of the British Museum. Wellington (foreground) and Peel (behind) kiss the pope’s toe. Both hold rosaries. 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