Allison, I am also facsinated by Religous change, especially during those times when you werent allowed to say those things, you asked a good question which I had to research well."Pico fled to France in 1488, where he was arrested by Philippe de Savoie, at the demand of the papal nuncios, and imprisoned at Vincennes. Through the intercession of several Italian princes—all instigated by Lorenzo—King Charles VIII had him released, and the pope was persuaded to allow Pico to move to Florence and to live under Lorenzo’s protection. But he was not cleared of the papal censures and restrictions until 1493, after the accession of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) to the papacy." New World Encyclopedia http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Giovanni_Pico_della_Mirandola