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.
121 Braccio da Montone, Lord of Perugia (1407 – 1417)
120 – Braccio da Montone, early life of a condottiero (1368 – 1406)
119 – Joanna II of Naples and some schism fixing
118 Sicily goes Spanish and Naples gets big ideas (1372 – 1414)
The bagpipes of resistance – Crossover ep. with "The History of England"
117 – Eleonora of Arborea and the fall of Sardinia (1326 – 1410)
NewsCappuccino: Roman helmets and insulting Austria – The Italian national anthem
F100: 02 Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, early years
116 – Venice in mortal peril (1356 – 1400)
Special: Republic Day 2021
115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and some funny names (1339 – 1356)
Anti-mafia martyrs: Giovanni Falcone
114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)
F100: 01 What is Fascism?
Coming soon: Fascism 100
Special: The Aldo Moro assassination with Lorenzo Paluan
113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)
112 – Queen Joanna of Naples (1345 – 1382)
Crossover: Colombus and Genoa with the History of North America
Interview: Jennifer Anton, author of "Under the Light of the Italian Moon"
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