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Lucrezia Borgia: Daughter of Pope Alexander VI

Lucrezia Borgia: Daughter of Pope Alexander VI

Gregorovius, Ferdinand
Morris, Samantha

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ISBN10: 1592110398
ISBN13: 9781592110391
Publisher: Histria Academic
Published: May 1 2020
Pages: 300
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Lucrezia Borgia is among the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the Renaissance. The daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was intensely involved in the political life of Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

While her marriage alliances helped advance the political objectives of the papacy, she also held the office of Governor of Spoleto, a role normally reserved for Cardinals, making her one of the most powerful and dynamic female figures of the Renaissance.

Among the first books to employ historical method to move beyond myth and romance that had obscured the fascinating story of Lucrezia Borgia was this biography written by the noted German historian Ferdinand Gregorovius. Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821-1891) was one of the preeminent scholars of the Italian Renaissance.

His biography of Lucrezia Borgia reveals the atmosphere of the Renaissance, painting a portrait of Lucrezia and her relationships with:

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