After seeing Charles VIII though Rome with an uncertain deal with pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, we go back to see how the Borgias came to Italy from Spain with Alphonse of Aragon, rose to the papacy with Callixtus III who in turn raised his nephew Rodrigo. He would eventually, thanks to one of his many lovers, have three children before becoming pope, Cesare, Giovanni and Lucrezia, who would all go on to their own adventures.
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159 - Life, death and sex in the middle ages
158 - The Este of Ferrara
Interview: Artemisia Gentileschi with Lori from "Her Half of History"
25th April - Liberation
157 - Venice out of the middle ages and into uncertainty (1454 - 1492)
156 - Venice tangles with the Turks and messes with Milan (1416 - 1454)
155 - Venice has trouble with the neighbours (1400 - 1416)
154 Trentino Alto Adige (up to 1509)
153 - The assassination of Galeazzo Maria and the Moore takes control (1468 - 1494)
152 - Duke Francesco Sforza and his sex-crazed son (1450 - 1568)
151 - Milan from Visconti to Sforza (1447 - 1450)
5th anniversary
150 - Decline of the Savoy and the Holy Shroud of Turin (1451 - 1490)
149 The Genoa of Columbus (1442 - 1492)
148 - Peak and twilight of the Magnificent (1478 - 1492)
147 - The conpiracy of the crazies (1476 - 1478)
Interview with Philippa Gregory on Maria Beatrice D'Este
Halloween special: Azzurrina, the ghost of Montebello
F100: 04 The March on Rome
146 - Lorenzo vs Sixtus and America's beautiful cousin (1471 - 1476)
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