A quick surge of ill-feeling, all the bitterer on account of the divided sentiments of the people, chilled loyalty to the Union.
In 1243 a new pope, Innocent IV., was elected, who prosecuted the war with still bitterer spirit.
The affairs of Europe during the years when Habsburg and Bourbon fought their domestic battles with the blood of noble races may teach grave lessons to all thoughtful men of our days, but none bitterer, none fraught with more insulting recollections, than to the Italian people, who were haggled over like dumb driven cattle in the mart of chaffering kings.