Download or read book Nature and History in Modern Italy written by Marco Armiero and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Download or read book Catena Librorum Tacendorum written by Henry Spencer Ashbee and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Rodrigo Borgia Pope Alexander VI written by Arnold Harris Mathew and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a complete history of the notorious Borgia family, this illustrated volume focuses on the reign of Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo Borgia. Known as one of the most controversial Renaissance popes, Alexander VI was said to be guilty of extreme nepotism and immorality. However, the Church claims that much of his reputation was spread by his enemies and that, in fact, some of his successors, including Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as a man of outstanding character. Despite his great accomplishments in foreign policy and diplomacy, his scandalous reputation remains part of his legacy, even inspiring books, movies and famous television series like Showtime's The Borgias.

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.

Download or read book The Acharnians written by Aristophanes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.

Download or read book The Lives of Pope Alexander VI and His Son C sar Borgia written by Alexander Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Borgia Pope written by Orestes Ferrara and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by F.J. Sheed."First printing September, 1940." Bibliographical references in "Notes" (p. 423-448).

Download or read book Typographical Antiquities Or The History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland written by Joseph Ames and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Le Pape Alexandre VI et les Borgia written by R. P. M.-J. H. Ollivier and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Aphrodisiacs and Anti Aphrodisiacs written by John Davenport and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs by John Davenport

Download or read book In the Pillory The Tale of the Borgia Pope written by John Bond and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In the Pillory: The Tale of the Borgia Pope' is a biography and historical analysis of Pope Alexander VI, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Alexander is considered one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. As a result, his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate.

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Download or read book The Borgias and Their Enemies 1431 1519 written by Christopher Hibbert and published by HMH. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life. The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame—Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who inspired Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynasty’s dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale. From the author of The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and other acclaimed works, The Borgias and Their Enemies is “a fascinating read” (Library Journal).