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
... France, who inherited the war to establish France in Italy from his two predecessors, Charles VIII and Louis XII, and, on the other side, the Emperor Charles V of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, who wished to establish his own power ...
... France, who inherited the war to establish France in Italy from his two predecessors, Charles VIII and Louis XII, and, on the other side, the Emperor Charles V of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, who wished to establish his own power ...
Pagina x
... France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent experiences, his mind moves to his earliest memories: his visits to Pope Alexander VI whom he took for his ...
... France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent experiences, his mind moves to his earliest memories: his visits to Pope Alexander VI whom he took for his ...
Pagina xi
... France invades Italy. Charles VIII seizes Naples, but is forced to retreat by a coalition consisting of Spain, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI and the city-states of Venice and Milan. [1497: Birth of Giovanni Borgia ...
... France invades Italy. Charles VIII seizes Naples, but is forced to retreat by a coalition consisting of Spain, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI and the city-states of Venice and Milan. [1497: Birth of Giovanni Borgia ...
Pagina xii
... France are in open warfare. [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 ...
... France are in open warfare. [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 ...
Pagina xiii
... France.] Death of Emperor Maximilian I. His grandson Charles V, King of Spain, is elected Emperor, defeating Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England for this throne. Strong enmity exists between Charles and Francis. [Death of ...
... France.] Death of Emperor Maximilian I. His grandson Charles V, King of Spain, is elected Emperor, defeating Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England for this throne. Strong enmity exists between Charles and Francis. [Death of ...
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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