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.
111 – Joanna of Naples, teenage queen with a boring husband (1326 – 1345)
110 – Cola fizzes and goes flat (1347 – 1354)
109 – Popeless Rome and the rise of Cola (not the drink)
Fill-in episode – 2021 Italian government crisis
108 – Italians against stairs
107 – An unexpected king
106 – An imperial tour of Italy (1327-1329)
105 – The battle of the Bucket (1325)
104 – The last Sardinian Judicate (1323-1326)
103 – Catching up with Genoa (up to 1310's)
102 – Venice kicks off its 14th century (up to 1310's)
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101 – The many paths to communal demise (up to early 1300's)
Recap 05 – From episode 077 to 100
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Berlusconi and Bunga Bunga part 2
Berlusconi and Bunga Bunga part 1
100 – An interview the godfather of history podcasting and more
099 – The Visconti lose Milan and take it back again
098 – The Visconti take Milan, Act 1
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