To celebrate the "A History of Italy" podcast joining the "Sentire" media network (sentire.media), we take a look at one of the most maligned women in history, Lucrezia Borgia. By the 20th century, her reputation was turned around a bit and from the poisoning murder and sexual predator, she became the innocent victim of the machiavellian scheming of her father, Rodrigo Borgia, pope Alexander VI and her brother Cesare Borgia, the most famous case study for Machiavelli's "The Prince".
Although this may have been true for Lucrezia the young girl, the strong and intelligent young woman who became the beloved duchess of Ferrara was no push over.
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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