<description>&lt;p&gt;To celebrate the "A History of Italy" podcast joining the "Sentire" media network (sentire.media), we take a look at one of the most maligned women in history, &lt;strong class="ql-size-large"&gt;Lucrezia Borgia&lt;/strong&gt;. By the 20th century, her reputation was turned around a bit and from the poisoning murder and sexual predator, she became the innocent victim of the machiavellian scheming of her father, &lt;strong&gt;Rodrigo Borgia,&lt;/strong&gt; pope &lt;strong&gt;Alexander VI&lt;/strong&gt; and her brother&lt;strong&gt; Cesare Borgia, &lt;/strong&gt;the most famous case study for &lt;strong&gt;Machiavelli's "The Prince".&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although this may have been true for Lucrezia the young girl, the strong and intelligent young woman who became the beloved duchess of Ferrara was no push over.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A History of Italy

Mike Corradi

Special - Lucrezia Borgia

MAR 5, 202422 MIN
A History of Italy

Special - Lucrezia Borgia

MAR 5, 202422 MIN

Description

To celebrate the "A History of Italy" podcast joining the "Sentire" media network (sentire.media), we take a look at one of the most maligned women in history, Lucrezia Borgia. By the 20th century, her reputation was turned around a bit and from the poisoning murder and sexual predator, she became the innocent victim of the machiavellian scheming of her father, Rodrigo Borgia, pope Alexander VI and her brother Cesare Borgia, the most famous case study for Machiavelli's "The Prince".

Although this may have been true for Lucrezia the young girl, the strong and intelligent young woman who became the beloved duchess of Ferrara was no push over.