Lucretia Borgia

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Author

Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891

Title

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day

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Produced by Mark C. Orton, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Papal States -- History -- Julius II, 1503-1513

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Text

eBook-No.

20804

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20804

Release Date

March 13, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LUCRETIA BORGIA. From a portrait attributed to Dosso Dossi, in the possession of Mr. Henry Doetsch, London.
2. 2.FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS — LUCRETIA BORGIA — ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF HER DAY — TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD GERMAN EDITION
3. 3.BY JOHN LESLIE GARNER — TO
4. 4.DON MICHELANGELO GAETANI — DUKE OF SERMONETA
5. 5.TO DON MICHELANGELO GAETANI DUKE OF SERMONETA
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.INTRODUCTION
9. 9.LUCRETIA BORGIA IN ROME
10. 10.CHAPTER I — LUCRETIA'S FATHER
11. 11.CHAPTER II — LUCRETIA'S MOTHER
12. 12.CHAPTER III — LUCRETIA'S FIRST HOME — TRAJAN'S FORUM, ROME.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV — LUCRETIA'S EDUCATION — CHURCH OF S. MARIA DEL POPOLO, ROME. — VITTORIA COLONNA. From an engraving by P. Caronni.
14. 14.CHAPTER V — NEPOTISM—GIULIA FARNESE—LUCRETIA'S BETROTHALS — FARNESE PALACE, ROME.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI — HER FATHER BECOMES POPE—GIOVANNI SFORZA — ALEXANDER VI. From an engraving published in 1580.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII — LUCRETIA'S FIRST MARRIAGE — CHURCH OF ARA CŒLI, ROME.
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII — FAMILY AFFAIRS
18. 18.CHAPTER IX — LUCRETIA LEAVES ROME
19. 19.CHAPTER X — HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF PESARO — TASSO. From an engraving by Raffaelle Morghen.
20. 20.CHAPTER XI — THE INVASION OF ITALY—THE PROFLIGATE WORLD — CHARLES VIII. From an engraving by Pannier. — SAVONAROLA. From a painting by Fra Bartolommeo — NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI. From an engraving by G. Marri.
21. 21.CHAPTER XII — THE DIVORCE AND SECOND MARRIAGE
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII — A REGENT AND A MOTHER
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV — SOCIAL LIFE OF THE BORGIAS
24. 24.CHAPTER XV — MISFORTUNES OF CATARINA SFORZA
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI — MURDER OF ALFONSO OF ARAGON — CÆSAR BORGIA. From a painting by Giorgione.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII — LUCRETIA AT NEPI
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII — CÆSAR AT PESARO — The Duke's Retinue — Prominent Men in the Duke's Household.
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX — ANOTHER MARRIAGE PLANNED FOR LUCRETIA — GUICCIARDINI. From an engraving by Blanchard.
29. 29.CHAPTER XX — NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOUSE OF ESTE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI — THE EVE OF THE WEDDING — ERCOLE D'ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA. — GUICCIARDINI.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII — ARRIVAL AND RETURN OF THE BRIDAL ESCORT — CASTLE OF S. ANGELO, ROME.
32. 32.BOOK THE SECOND — LUCRETIA IN FERRARA
33. 33.CHAPTER I — LUCRETIA'S JOURNEY TO FERRARA
34. 34.CHAPTER II — FORMAL ENTRY INTO FERRARA — ARIOSTO. From a painting by Titian.
35. 35.CHAPTER III — FÊTES GIVEN IN LUCRETIA'S HONOR
36. 36.CHAPTER IV — THE ESTE DYNASTY—DESCRIPTION OF FERRARA — CASTLE VECCHIO AT FERRARA. — BENVENUTO GAROFALO. From an engraving by G. Batt. Cecchi.
37. 37.CHAPTER V — DEATH OF ALEXANDER VI — Reduced facsimile of a letter written by Alexander VI to his daughter, Lucretia. — CARDINAL BEMBO. From an engraving by G. Benaglia.
38. 38.CHAPTER VI — EVENTS FOLLOWING THE POPE'S DEATH — JULIUS II. From an engraving published in 1580. — Reduced facsimile of a letter written by Lucretia Borgia to Marchese Gonzaga.
39. 39.CHAPTER VII — COURT POETS—GIULIA BELLA AND JULIUS II—THE ESTE DYNASTY ENDANGERED — ALPHONSO D'ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA.
40. 40.CHAPTER VIII — ESCAPE AND DEATH OF CÆSAR
41. 41.CHAPTER IX — MURDER OF ERCOLE STROZZI—DEATH OF GIOVANNI SFORZA AND OF LUCRETIA'S ELDEST SON — ALDO MANUZIO. From an engraving by Angustin de St. Aubin.
42. 42.CHAPTER X — EFFECTS OF THE WAR—THE ROMAN INFANTE — LEO X. From an engraving published in 1580.
43. 43.CHAPTER XI — LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF VANNOZZA
44. 44.CHAPTER XII — DEATH OF LUCRETIA BORGIA—CONCLUSION — LUCRETIA BORGIA. From a painting in the Musée de Nîmes.
45. 45.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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