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Description edit
The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings the family and the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life. The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Cesare Borgia: Add a description of this character.
- Lucrezia
- Burchard
- Alexander Vi
- Duke Alfonso
- Ferrara
- Charles Viii
- Juan
- Louis Xii
- Rodrigo Borgia
- St Peter
- Orsini
- Machiavelli
- Isabella D’este
- Giulio
- Michelangelo
- Ferrante
- Duke Ercole
- Pope
- Julius Ii
- Giovanni Sforza
- Guicciardini
- Jofrè
- Faenza
- Duke Valentino
- Cardinal Ippolito
- Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere
- Pesaro
- Pius Iii
- Don Cesare
- Romagna
- Francesco Gonzaga
- Georges D'amboise
- Leonardo
- Gonsalvo Di Cordoba
- Alfonso Ii
- Corella
- Giovanni Bentivoglio
- Vitellozzo Vitelli
- Ferdinand
- Innocent Viii
- Gianpaolo Baglioni
- Ercole Strozzi
Setting & Locations edit
Italy in during the fifteenth & sixteenth centuries, during the Renaissance.
- Rome
- Naples
- Francesco Gonzaga
- Vatican Palace
- Italy
- Florence
- Venice
- Urbino
- Romagna
- Spain
- Sancia
- Siena
- Mantua
- Bologna
- Papal States
- St. Peter’s
- Castel Sant
- Imola
- Rimini
- Europe
- Castel Sant'angelo
- Avignon
- Valencia
- Forlì
- Perugia
- Rouen
- Monreale
- Arezzo
- Borgias
- Viterbo
- Milan
- Pisa
- Via Emilia
- Nepi
- Cesena
- Ostia
- Tuscany
- Navarre
- Florentines
- Via Flaminia
- Spoleto
- Charlotte
- Santa Maria
- Curia
- Sala Del Pappagallo
- Vannozza
- Caterina
- Bembo
- Laterano
- Capua
- Senigallia
- Brittany
- Guidobaldo Da Montefeltro
- Bracciano
- Sistine Chapel
First Sentence edit
"You must have heard of this city from others," wrote a visitor to Rome in the middle of the fifteenth century.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Crumbling City
2. Elections & Celebrations
3. A Man of Endless Virility
4. Servant of the Servant of God
5. Marriages & Alliances
6. The French in Rome
7. The Conquest of Naples
8. The Borgia Bull
9. Father & Children
10. The Dominican Friar
11. Murder
12. Another Husband for Lucrezia
13. The Unwanted Cardinal's Hat
14. Cesare's French Bride
15. Conquests
16. Jubilee
17. Duke of the Romagna
18. The Naples Campaign
19. The Duke & the Borgia Girl
20. Frolics & Festivities
21. The New Bride
22. Castles & Condottieri
23. The Death of the Pope
24. Conclaves
25. Cesare at Bay
26. Duchess of Ferrara
27. The End of the Affair
28. The Death of the Duchess
29. Saints & Sinners
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Christopher Hibbert (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780151010332
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Harcourt Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780151010332
Page Count: 336
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DG463.8.B7 H53 2008
- Dewey: 945.050922
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Europe › Italy › Renaissance
- Books › History › World › Renaissance
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical
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