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 x
... Pope Alexander VI whom he took for his grandfather; the fearful time after Alexander's death in 1503 when Cesare was fighting for his life against a legion of enemies. . . . So the drama of Giovanni's search for his identity is played ...
... Pope Alexander VI whom he took for his grandfather; the fearful time after Alexander's death in 1503 when Cesare was fighting for his life against a legion of enemies. . . . So the drama of Giovanni's search for his identity is played ...
Pagina xi
... Pope Alexander VI and the city-states of Venice and Milan. [1497: Birth of Giovanni Borgia. Lucrezia's marriage is annulled. Her second husband is Alfonso of Aragon, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples.] [1498: Cesare Borgia, made ...
... Pope Alexander VI and the city-states of Venice and Milan. [1497: Birth of Giovanni Borgia. Lucrezia's marriage is annulled. Her second husband is Alfonso of Aragon, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples.] [1498: Cesare Borgia, made ...
Pagina xii
... 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 Borgias. Cesare is arrested but escapes and flees. Louis XII too has turned against him.] Temporary ...
... 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 Borgias. Cesare is arrested but escapes and flees. Louis XII too has turned against him.] Temporary ...
Pagina xiv
... Pope for the League of Cognac by sending an army of mutinous German mercenaries and Spaniards under Charles de Bourbon, an enemy of Francis I, against him. In May of 1527 Rome is sacked for ... POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo —xiv– Chronology.
... Pope for the League of Cognac by sending an army of mutinous German mercenaries and Spaniards under Charles de Bourbon, an enemy of Francis I, against him. In May of 1527 Rome is sacked for ... POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo —xiv– Chronology.
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... POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503) POPE ALEXANDER VI 1492 unknown women 2 Pedro Luis Isabella Girolama Giovanni Rodrigo (1462?-88) (1467?-1541) (1469?-83) (1497-1548?) (born 1503) First Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ...
... POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503) POPE ALEXANDER VI 1492 unknown women 2 Pedro Luis Isabella Girolama Giovanni Rodrigo (1462?-88) (1467?-1541) (1469?-83) (1497-1548?) (born 1503) First Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ...
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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