Spoleto

Spoleto surfaces in heated accusations at Lambeth Palace as the Italian town where agents bought the poison that killed Cardinal Bainbridge in Rome. Gardiner and Norfolk wield its name like a blade, pinning Wolsey's corruption—and Cromwell's complicity—on this distant source of treachery. The mention conjures shadowy markets amid Umbrian hills, where rare toxins changed hands, now fueling courtly sabotage and Henry's growing distrust. Dialogue paints it as a nexus of conspiracy, its remoteness amplifying the scandal's reach across Europe.