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Lucrezia Borgia

Author : Sarah Bradford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101525347
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Sarah Bradford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance—incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create.

Lucrezia Tornabuoni De' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century

Author : Maria Grazia Pernis
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820476452
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Tornabuoni De' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century written by Maria Grazia Pernis and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century is a fresh, new biography of a Renaissance woman who lived during the heyday of Medici power. A remarkable person in her own right, the author of religious poems and sacred narratives, as well as an accomplished businesswoman, Lucrezia was the mother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the grandmother of two popes, and the great-great grandmother of Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France. This glimpse of her life and times is a window onto the political intrigues and intellectual achievements of Medici Florence.

Lucrezia Borgia

Author : John Faunce
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307557634
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by John Faunce and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating story, rich in detail. In every case, Faunce portrays [Lucrezia] believably, with wit and sensitivity.”--Library Journal Hundreds of years after her death, Lucrezia Borgia remains one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of history, accused of incest, of poisoning her rivals, and even of murdering her own father. Born into scandal, she was the daughter of the treacherous Cardinal Roderigo Borgia, who would later be crowned Pope Alexander VI. When her father ascended the papal throne, young Lucrezia’s life changed forever. From then on, Lucrezia would be unable to escape the political ambitions of her father and her brother, the bloodthirsty Cesare Borgia. In an era when the Vatican was as decadent and violent as any royal court, Lucrezia was its crown princess. Famed for her beauty, she was a valuable pawn in the marriage game, and Alexander VI would use her to create one alliance after another. When her kindly first husband no longer suited the Pope’s needs, Lucrezia’s virginity was restored by papal decree (her new maidenhood was declared “miraculous”), and she was married off again, this time to a man she truly loved, Alfonso, Prince of Naples. But her joy was short-lived. Alfonso loathed her brother and refused to participate in the Pope’s imperial schemes, which threatened to tear apart the Vatican’s political alliances--and Lucrezia’s happy marriage. In this unforgettable debut, John Faunce perfectly captures the rotten decadence of the Borgias’ papal court and the inner steel of Lucrezia Borgia, one of history’s great survivors. “Fascinating...a searing portrait of an intelligent woman, cunning enough to shape her own bizarre destiny.”--Booklist

Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of Poisons

Author : Roberta Gellis
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765306616
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of Poisons written by Roberta Gellis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poisoner!" The bellowed accusation strikes into silence all those in Lucrezia Borgia's audience chamber. Lucrezia has fled Rome to a loveless marriage with Alfonso, heir to the duke of Ferrara, to escape the rumors that she is utterly depraved---incestuous, a lecher, a poisoner. To her delight she is warmly welcomed in Ferrara, by the duke, by his court, by the people, indeed by everyone except her husband. And then, after only six weeks of basking in the warmth of general approval, Alfonso rushes into her apartment and accuses her of poisoning Bianca Tedaldo, one of her ladies in waiting and mistress to Alfonso. Immediately, Lucrezia sees the nightmare of her life in Rome recurring. The whispers behind her back, the signs to ward off evil, people making out their wills when she invites them to share a meal. To deny the charge is useless. Lucrezia knows all too well the futility of claiming innocence even when the claim is clearly and plainly true. The only way for her to retrieve her reputation is to discover who committed the crime and expose the true murderer.

The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia

Author : Maria Bellonci
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9781842120590
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia written by Maria Bellonci and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 1988 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the violent personalities of the High Renaissance, Lucrezia Borgia is chiefly remembered as a raven-haired poisoner.

Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy

Author : Paola Malpezzi Price
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780838641224
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy written by Paola Malpezzi Price and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the place that Lucrezia Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture.

The Vatican Princess

Author : C. W. Gortner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0345533976
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Vatican Princess written by C. W. Gortner and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade paperback edition includes a reader's guide.

In Other Words

Author : Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 9385890727
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book In Other Words written by Jhumpa Lahiri and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in her adopted tongue. A startling act of self-reflection, In Other Words is Lahiri’s meditation on the process of learning to express herself in another language—and the stunning journey of a writer seeking a new voice.

Lucrezia Borgia

Author : Ferdinand Gregorovius
Publisher : Vita Histria
ISBN 13 : 1592110746
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Ferdinand Gregorovius and published by Vita Histria. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 her father Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, her brother Cesare, her mother Vanozza, her father’s mistress, Giulia Farnese, her husband Duke Alfonso D’Este of Ferrara, and many others, including important artists and writers of the time. All are vividly portrayed against the colorful background of Renaissance Italy. Gregorovius separates myth from documented fact and his book remains a key reference work on the life and times of the Borgia princess. This new edition of Gregorovius’s classic work Lucrezia Borgia is enhanced with an introduction by Samantha Morris, a noted expert on the history of the Borgias. Samantha studied archaeology at the University of Winchester where her interest in the history of the Italian Renaissance began. She is the author of Cesare Borgia: In a Nutshell and Girolamo Savonarola: The Renaissance Preacher. She also runs the website theborgiabull.com.

Sacred Narratives

Author : Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226808572
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Narratives written by Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most prominent woman in Renaissance Florence, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici (1425-1482) lived during her city's golden age. Wife of Piero de' Medici and mother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Tornabuoni exerted considerable influence on Florence's political and social affairs. She was also, as this volume illustrates, a gifted and prolific poet. This is the first major collection in any language of her extensive body of religious poems. Ranging from gentle lyrics on the Nativity to moving dialogues between a crucified Christ and the weeping sinner who kneels before him, the nine laudi (poems of praise) included here are among the few such poems known to have been written by a woman. Tornabuoni's five storie sacre, narrative poems based on the lives of biblical figures-three of whom, Judith, Susanna, and Esther, are Old Testament heroines-are virtually unique in their range and expressiveness. Together with Jane Tylus's substantial introduction, these poems offer us both a fascinating portrait of a highly educated and creative woman and a lively sense of cultural and social life in Renaissance Florence.

Lucrezia Borgia

Author : Gaetano Donizetti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Gaetano Donizetti and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684)

Author : Francesco Ludovico Maschietto
Publisher : St. Joseph's University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684) written by Francesco Ludovico Maschietto and published by St. Joseph's University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Even in 17th-century Italy, news spread quickly. On June 25, 1678, an enormous crowd that included nobles, knights, city officials, ladies, scholarly men, the diocesan vicar general, and the entire College of Philosophers and Physicians gathered at the University of Padua to witness Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia stand for her oral doctoral examination-the first time in history that a woman had been accorded this privilege! So great was the crowd that the examination had to be moved from the University's College to the cathedral. The bishop's refusal to allow Elena to stand for a degree in theology no doubt increased interest in the grudgingly approved examination in philosophy. Elena's eloquent discourse on two Aristotelian theses so impressed the examining committee that, despite her request for a secret ballot, they voted their approval viva voce to award the Teacher and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. She was the first woman so honored by a university. Maschietto's definitive biography of Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia was originally published in Italian on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of her landmark degree (Padua: Editrice Antenore, 1978). Now more than 25 years later, this meticulously researched biography is available for the first time in English translation. After carefully tracing the lineage of Elena's family, Maschietto tells the fascinating story of her rearing and education, as well as of the high drama of her standing for examination for a doctoral degree. Maschietto also offers a full assessment of Elena's writings, spirituality, and posterity. This book is profusely illustrated with reproductions of paintings and engravings of many of the principal figures who populate Elena's life-story."--Publisher's website.

Lucrezia Borgia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)

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Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara

Author : William Gilbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara written by William Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lucrezia Borgia

Author : John Faunce
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 1400051223
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by John Faunce and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional portrait of the infamous Lucrezia Borgia, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, presents a woman trapped between her powerful family and her own desires during a life marked by divorce, debauchery, rumors of incest, and murder. A first novel. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. A biography. Illustrated by rare and unpublished documents

Author : William GILBERT (Novelist)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. A biography. Illustrated by rare and unpublished documents written by William GILBERT (Novelist) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Real Lucrezia Borgia

Author : Antonino D'Este
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430325003
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Real Lucrezia Borgia written by Antonino D'Este and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of an Italian Gentlewoman, she was of middle height, petite in form, graceful in movement and a bust of admirable proportion. She was always gay and smiling, permissive and pleasure loving, quite unlike the sinister legend that a hostile posterity has attached to her.