The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th Century ItalyChicago Review Press, 1 aug 2005 - 368 pagina's Although he bears one of the most notorious names in all of Italy, Giovanni Borgia doesn't know his parentage. Hella Haasse uses the Italian Wars as a backdrop for Giovanni's agonizing quest for his identity. Set against the backdrop of the Italian wars, this novel seeks to unravel the puzzle of Giovanni Borgia's true identity. Machiavelli, Vittoria Colonna, Michelangelo, the Borgias and the Medici are some of the characters who inhabit the secretive and dangerous world of sixteenth century Rome. |
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Pagina xi
... Alfonso of Aragon, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples.] [1498: Cesare Borgia, made a cardinal at age 17, resigns after the ... d'Este.] 1502: 1504–1505: 1508: 1509: 1510: 1512: 1513: 1515: Spain and —xi— Chronology: The Italian Wars.
... Alfonso of Aragon, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples.] [1498: Cesare Borgia, made a cardinal at age 17, resigns after the ... d'Este.] 1502: 1504–1505: 1508: 1509: 1510: 1512: 1513: 1515: Spain and —xi— Chronology: The Italian Wars.
Pagina 15
... Alfonso of 2. Maria de Mila Bisceglie (died 1500) (brother of Sancia) 3. Alfonso d'Este second second third wife husband husband |-- 4 children Rodrigo of Ercole 6 children Bisceglie (1508-59) (3 died (1499-1512) in infancy) Giovanni ...
... Alfonso of 2. Maria de Mila Bisceglie (died 1500) (brother of Sancia) 3. Alfonso d'Este second second third wife husband husband |-- 4 children Rodrigo of Ercole 6 children Bisceglie (1508-59) (3 died (1499-1512) in infancy) Giovanni ...
Pagina 19
... Este of Ferrara, and in those days France had no better friend and ally in Italy than Alfonso d'Este, Lucrezia's husband. Equally important to me was the good will of another blood relative: Luisa—or Louise as she was called there ...
... Este of Ferrara, and in those days France had no better friend and ally in Italy than Alfonso d'Este, Lucrezia's husband. Equally important to me was the good will of another blood relative: Luisa—or Louise as she was called there ...
Pagina 20
... Alfonso d'Este himself, and further, I wasn't officially called Borgia, but Duke of Nepi and Camerino. An imposing –20– The Scarlet City.
... Alfonso d'Este himself, and further, I wasn't officially called Borgia, but Duke of Nepi and Camerino. An imposing –20– The Scarlet City.
Pagina 24
... Alfonso d'Este refused to have the boy at his court in Ferrara; he didn't want to be reminded of his wife's previous marriage. Cesare took the four of us everywhere with him; we had a secure place in his retinue with the women appointed ...
... Alfonso d'Este refused to have the boy at his court in Ferrara; he didn't want to be reminded of his wife's previous marriage. Cesare took the four of us everywhere with him; we had a secure place in his retinue with the women appointed ...
Inhoudsopgave
XI Tullia dAragona | 217 |
XII Vittoria Colonna | 233 |
XIII Giovanni Borgia | 251 |
XIV Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini | 269 |
XV Tullia dAragona | 279 |
XVI Giovanni Borgia | 295 |
XVII Francesco Guicciardini and Niccolò Machiavelli | 311 |
XVIII Michelangelo Buonarroti | 325 |
VII Vittoria Colonna | 131 |
VIII Francesco Guicciardini to Niccolò Machiavelli | 143 |
IX Giovanni Borgia | 151 |
X Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia | 203 |
XIX Giovanni Borgia | 335 |
XX Vittoria Colonna | 351 |
XXI Giovanni Borgia | 365 |
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