The Borgias
The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame - Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who served as the model for Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wea…
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The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame - Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who served as the model for Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynasty's dramatic rise from its Spa.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Constable & Robinson
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
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- Description:1 online resource (403 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780330051, 1780330057
- oclc:ocn784883233
- LC Classification:DG463.8.B7
- Dewey Decimal:945.060922
Table of Contents
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Crumbling City; CHAPTER 2 Elections and Celebrations; CHAPTER 3 A Man of Endless Virility; CHAPTER 4 Servant of the Servant of God; CHAPTER 5 Marriages and Alliances; CHAPTER 6 The French in Rome; CHAPTER 7 The Conquest of Naples; CHAPTER 8 The Borgia Bull; CHAPTER 9 Father and Children; CHAPTER 10 The Dominican Friar; CHAPTER 11 Murder; CHAPTER 12 Another Husband for Lucrezia; CHAPTER 13 The Unwanted Cardinal's Hat; CHAPTER 14 Cesare's French Bride; CHAPTER 15 Conquests; CHAPTER 16 Jubilee; CHAPTER 17 Duke of the Romagna.
CHAPTER 18 The Naples CampaignCHAPTER 19 The Duke and the Borgia Girl; CHAPTER 20 Frolics and Festivities; CHAPTER 21 The New Bride; CHAPTER 22 Castles and Condottieri; CHAPTER 23 The Death of the Pope; CHAPTER 24 Conclaves; CHAPTER 25 Cesare at Bay; CHAPTER 26 Duchess of Ferrara; CHAPTER 27 The End of the Affair; CHAPTER 28 The Death of the Duchess; CHAPTER 29 Saints and Sinners; Bibliography; Index.
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