BORGIA, LUCREZIA

lookrāˈtsyä, 1480–1519, Italian noblewoman, famous figure of the Italian Renaissance; daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Her first marriage (1492) to Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro was annulled in 1497, and she was married to Alfonso of Aragón, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples. Her brother, Cesare Borgia, had her second husband murdered in 1500, and, in 1501, Lucrezia was married to Alfonso d'Este, who became duke of Ferrara in 1505. As duchess of Ferrara, Lucrezia at last escaped the vicious atmosphere of her family. Her brilliant court attracted many artists and poets, notably Ariosto, and her beauty and kindness won esteem for her. Rumors of her participation in her family's poison plots, of incestuous relations with her father and brother, and of her supposed extravagant vices have not been proved. Nevertheless, Lucrezia Borgia remains best known as portrayed in Victor Hugo's drama and Donizetti's opera, both based on these legends.

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The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia
Book by Maria Bellonci, Bernard Wall, Barbara Wall; Harcourt Brace, 1953
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia--1480-1519, Italy--History--1492-1559
...PASINI FRASSONI. Un ritratto di Lucrezia Borgia nella collezione Antonelli in...Rivista Araldica . June 1909. Lucrezia Borgia duchessa di Ferrara. Invenzione...Araldico , 1904. Ritratto di Lucrezia Borgia . Rassegna d'arte. XVII...
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Lucretia Borgia: According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
Book by Ferdinand Gregorovius, John Leslie Garner; D. Appleton, 1903
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia--1480-1519, Italy--History--1492-1559, Renaissance--Italy
...entitled Una vittima della storia Lucrezia Borgia , in the Nuova Antologia of August...Antonelli, of Ferrara, published Lucrezia Borgia in Ferrara, Sposa a Don Alfonso...followed with a similar opuscule: Lucrezia Borgia Duchessa di Ferrara , Milano...
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The Renaissance: Savonarola Cesare Borgia -- Julius II. -- Leo X. Michael Angelo
Book by Arthur Count Gobineau, Oscar Levy; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1913
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--1476?-1507, Julius--Ii--Pope--1443-1513, Leo--X--Pope--1475-1521, Michelangelo Buonarroti--1475-1564, Renaissance--Italy, Savonarola, Girolamo--1452-1498
...Alexander VI. defends his son Caesar Borgia before his sister Lucrezia, whose husband, Don Alphonso dAragon, Caesar Borgia has just strangled: -- He is not...pitiless effort. Listen to me, Lucrezia, and dont raise your hands to heaven...
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Then and Now: A Novel
Book by W. Somerset Maugham; Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--1476?-1507--Fiction, Italy--History--1492-1559--Fiction, Machiavelli, Niccolao--1469-1527--Fiction, Nobility--Papal States--Fiction, Statesmen--Italy--Fiction
...that Ramiro had been the lover of Lucrezia Borgia, and it was dangerous to be either...given was that he also had loved Lucrezia. Pedro Calderon, a Spaniard and...offending the honour of Madonna Lucrezia." She was in point of fact...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...Machiavelli Il Principe THE PRINCE . Borgia, Lucrezia. A famous or rather infamous...freely against the vices of Lucrezia di Borgia, and on one occasion he mutilated...1503 Father of Cesare and Lucrezia BORGIA who, as the Spanish-born...
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journal articles on: Borgia Lucrezia  - 38 results

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Lucrezia Borgia as Entrepreneur
Journal article by Diane Yvonne Ghirardo; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, Nobles--Biography
Lucrezia Borgia as Entrepreneur. by Diane Yvonne Ghirardo...INTRODUCTION A few days after the death of Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (1480-1519...they had none of their own. (10) Lucrezia Borgia presents quite a different case: it...
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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy
Journal article by Nicholas Terpstra; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (Book)--Book reviews
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy. by Nicholas Terpstra Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy. By Sarah Bradford...
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Shakespeare's Critique of Machiavellian Force, Fraud, and Spectacle in Measure for Measure
Journal article by Zdravko Planinc; Humanitas, Vol. 23, 2010
Subjects: Actors--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Actors--Sexual behavior, Actresses--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Actresses--Sexual behavior, Basketball players--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Basketball players--Sexual behavior, Bloom, Allan, Borgia, Cesare, Borgia, Lucrezia, Bribery--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Execution (Punishment)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Executions and executioners--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Fraud--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Machiavelli, Niccolo, Measure for Measure (Play), Plato, Prostitution--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Religion--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Sexual harassment--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Theater--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...be taken by this prince. The Lucrezia Borgia of the play allows herself to...only one passing reference to Lucrezia Borgia, and none at all to Cesare Borgia...Machiavelli. He writes: "For Lucrezia Borgia, the union that Isabella as...
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Journal article; Biography, Vol. 28, 2005
Subjects: All Under Heaven: The Story of a Chinese Family in South Africa (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, L'Abbe Alary (1690-1770): Un homme d'influence au XVIIIe siecle (Book)--Book reviews, The Moon Can Wait (Book)--Book reviews
...the biographers project is to be justified." David Foster Wallace. NYTBR, Nov. 7, 2004: 10-12. Borgia, Lucrezia Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy. Sarah Bradford. New York: Viking, 2004. 421 pp. $27...
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What Caused the Italian Wars of 1494-1516?
Journal article by Russel Tarr; History Review, 2001
Subjects: Italy--16th century, Kings and rulers--Political activity, Military art and science--16th century, Popes--Political activity, War--Causes of
...power to his illegitimate and homicidal son Cesare Borgia, used his daughter Lucrezia as a diplomatic pawn in marriage agreements and...History of Italy -- Guicciardini At the Court of the Borgia -- Johann Burchard Years of Renewal -- John Lotherington...
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magazine articles on: Borgia Lucrezia  - 47 results

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Washington National Opera: Lucrezia Borgia
Magazine article by Patrick Dillon; Opera Canada, Vol. 50, Spring 2009
Subjects: Fleming, Renee, Grigolo, Vittorio, Musical performances, Opera, Radvanovsky, Sondra, Washington DC, Washington National Opera
Washington National Opera: Lucrezia Borgia by Patrick Dillon Washington National Opera Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia is a prima donnas opera if ever there was one. Despite its melodic wealth...
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Lucrezia Borgia
Magazine article by Christopher Monk; Musical Opinion, Vol. 134, March 2011
Lucrezia Borgia by Christopher Monk English National...love Fido for who he is? Similarly, Lucrezia Borgia, ENOs new production which opened...became fascinated by the character of Lucrezia Borgia and felt the opera made little sense...
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[Lucrezia Borgia. Opera in Concert. Toronto
Magazine article by Robert de Vrij; Vol. 39, Spring 1998
Subjects: Opera reviews
Lucrezia Borgia. Opera in Concert. Toronto by Robert...CONCERTS WINTER PRODUCTION of Donizettis Lucrezia Borgia was a tremendous success. The cast was headed by soprano Janet Catherine Dea as Lucrezia, who, despite singing the previous...
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Machiavelli, Leonardo & Borgia: A Fateful Collusion: What Happened When a Philosopher, an Artist and a Ruthless Warrior-All Giants of the Renaissance-Met on Campaign in Northern Italy?
Magazine article by Paul Strathern; History Today, Vol. 59, March 2009
Subjects: Artists--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Borgia, Cesare--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Leonardo da Vinci--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Machiavelli, Niccolo--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Philosophers--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Politicians--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...period. (Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, as he was at the time of...second son Cesare carried on the Borgia traditions to the best of his...relationship with his notorious sister Lucrezia, which was at the very least...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED We know that Borgia and Machiavelli formed a close...
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Death of Cesare Borgia: March 12th, 1507
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, March 2007
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--Evaluation, Dukes--Evaluation
Death of Cesare Borgia: March 12th, 1507. THE BORGIAS CAME FROM SPAIN originally and the...in Italy, there were inevitably rumours of incest with his sister Lucrezia and he had syphilis from his early twenties. His father put Cesare...
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newspaper articles on: Borgia Lucrezia  - 63 results

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LUCREZIA Borgia May Not Be the [...]; Tonight's TV
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 23, 2011
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia
LUCREZIA Borgia May Not Be the ...; Tonights TV. Byline: Jade Wright LUCREZIA Borgia may not be the most famous opera...methods of artistic expression, tackling Lucrezia Borgia Live: The Directors Cut (Sky Arts...
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'Lucrezia' Gets Her Due; Fleming, Others Give Roles Depth
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 3, 2008
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, Fleming, Renee, Opera singers, Theater--Theater reviews
...production of Gaetano Donizettis Lucrezia Borgia at the Kennedy Center Opera House...Opera WHAT: Gaetano Donizettis Lucrezia Borgia WHERE: Opera House, Kennedy...her singing the title role in Lucrezia Borgia, with Ruggero Raimondi as her...
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The Less Bad Borgia; Compared with the Rest of Her Clan, Lucrezia Was Really Pretty Harmless
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 11, 2004
The Less Bad Borgia; Compared with the Rest of Her Clan, Lucrezia Was Really Pretty Harmless. Byline: ROY STRONG Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death...up a dark alley with Lucrezia Borgia coming towargia." Well...
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Revealed after 500 Years, Face of Borgia
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 26, 2008
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, Painting, Painting (Art)
...sullenly from the painting was Lucrezia Borgia, painted by Giovanni di Niccolo...and a bronze portrait medal of Lucrezia Borgia, made in 1502 and until now...attempted to identify portraits of Lucrezia Borgia, Mr Villis said. But this appears...
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The ORIGINAL GODFATHER; like Don Corleone, Rodrigo Borgia Presided over a Family of Scheming Murderers. Now the Story of Medieval Italy's Most Scandalous Dynasty Is Coming to the Small Screen
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 13, 2011
Subjects: Alexander VI, Pope, Borgia, Cesare, Irons, Jeremy, Jordan, Neil, Middle Ages, Whalley, Joanne
...family is Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Jeremy Irons), a...thoughts about his sister Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger...remove him. As Rodrigo Borgia, Jeremy Irons is in...Atlantic, tonight, 9pm. LUCREZIA BORGIA (Holliday Grainger...
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encyclopedia articles on: Borgia Lucrezia  - 8 results

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Borgia, Lucrezia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA, LUCREZIA lookra tsya bor ja, 1480...Her brother, Cesare Borgia , had her second husband...1500, and, in 1501, Lucrezia was married to Alfonso...proved. Nevertheless, Lucrezia Borgia remains best known as portrayed...
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Bori, Lucrezia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORI, LUCREZIA bo re, 1887 1960, Spanish soprano, whose real name was Borja (Ital. Borgia ). She made her debut (1908) in Rome as Micaela in Carmen, later sang Manon Lescaut opposite Caruso in Paris (1910), and...
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Borgia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA bor ja, Span. Borja bor ha, Spanish...illegitimate children were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia; the later reputations of these Borgias...branch of the family belonged St. Francis Borgia and Francisco Borja (1581 1658), a...
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Alexander VI , Pope
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...college (1476). Cardinal Borgia had four illegitimate...them were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia. Alexander was elected...Alexanders son, Cesare Borgia, was the principal leader...power. For his daughter Lucrezia, Alexander arranged...
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Este , Italian Noble Family
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Titian painted portraits of her. Ercole I was succeeded by his son, Alfonso dEste I, 1476 1534, second husband of Lucrezia Borgia . In the Italian Wars he entered the League of Cambrai against Venice and remained an ally of Louis XII of France...
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