These  authorities,  too,  now  seemed  seriously  bent  on  introducing  a  better
order  of  things. By  the  aid  of  the  victorious  party,  the  emperor  found
himself,  for  the  first  time,  in  a  position  to  exercise  a  certain  influence  in
the  empire  ;  Pope  Paul  II. wished  to  fit  out  an  expedition  against  the
Turks  :  with  united  strength  they  proceeded  to  the  work  at  the  diet  of
Niirnberg  (a.d. 1466.). x

It  was  an  assembly  which  distinctly  betrayed  the  state  of  parties  under
which  it  had  been  convoked. Frederick  the  Palatine  appeared  neither  in
person  nor  by  deputy  ;  the  ambassadors  of  Podiebrad,  who  had  fallen  into
fresh  disputes  with  the  papal  see,  were  not  admitted  :  nevertheless,  the
resolutions  passed  there  were  of  great  importance. 