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 ix
... Cesare Borgia was a partisan of the French and was made a duke by Francis I; the Colonna family fought for the Emperor. Italian city-states like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the ...
... Cesare Borgia was a partisan of the French and was made a duke by Francis I; the Colonna family fought for the Emperor. Italian city-states like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the ...
Pagina x
... Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent ...
... Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent ...
Pagina xi
... Cesare is made Duke of Valentinois by Louis. [Cesare marries Charlotte d'Albret of the French court. Begins to attack and conquer cities of the Romagna (territory northeast of Rome).] [1500: Cesare Borgia conquers cities of the Romagna ...
... Cesare is made Duke of Valentinois by Louis. [Cesare marries Charlotte d'Albret of the French court. Begins to attack and conquer cities of the Romagna (territory northeast of Rome).] [1500: Cesare Borgia conquers cities of the Romagna ...
Pagina xii
... [Cesare lures chief enemies to castle of Senigallia where he has them strangled.] [1503: Death of Pope Alexander VI. Succeeded by Pius III who also dies in this year and is succeeded by Julius II, a Della Rovere pope and enemy of the ...
... [Cesare lures chief enemies to castle of Senigallia where he has them strangled.] [1503: Death of Pope Alexander VI. Succeeded by Pius III who also dies in this year and is succeeded by Julius II, a Della Rovere pope and enemy of the ...
Pagina 15
... Cesare?) Vannozza dei Catanei (1425-1518) Cesare (1475-1507) Bishop of Pamplona Cardinal, 1493 Duke of Valentinois, 1498 Duke of Romagna, 1500 in. Charlotte d'Albret Louise | Juan (1477?-97) Second Duke of Gandia, 1488 Captain-General ...
... Cesare?) Vannozza dei Catanei (1425-1518) Cesare (1475-1507) Bishop of Pamplona Cardinal, 1493 Duke of Valentinois, 1498 Duke of Romagna, 1500 in. Charlotte d'Albret Louise | Juan (1477?-97) Second Duke of Gandia, 1488 Captain-General ...
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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