Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
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- LUCRETIA BORGIA
- ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF HER DAY TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD GERMAN EDITION
- TO
- DON MICHELANGELO GAETANI
- DUKE OF SERMONETA
- TO DON MICHELANGELO GAETANI DUKE OF SERMONETA
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK THE FIRST LUCRETIA BORGIA IN ROME
- CHAPTER I
- LUCRETIA'S FATHER
- CHAPTER II
- LUCRETIA'S MOTHER
- CHAPTER III
- LUCRETIA'S FIRST HOME
- TRAJAN'S FORUM, ROME.
- CHAPTER IV
- LUCRETIA'S EDUCATION
- CHURCH OF S. MARIA DEL POPOLO, ROME.
- VITTORIA COLONNA. From an engraving by P. Caronni.
- CHAPTER V
- NEPOTISM—GIULIA FARNESE—LUCRETIA'S BETROTHALS
- FARNESE PALACE, ROME.
- CHAPTER VI
- HER FATHER BECOMES POPE—GIOVANNI SFORZA
- ALEXANDER VI. From an engraving published in 1580.
- CHAPTER VII
- LUCRETIA'S FIRST MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ARA CŒLI, ROME.
- CHAPTER VIII
- FAMILY AFFAIRS
- CHAPTER IX
- LUCRETIA LEAVES ROME
- CHAPTER X
- HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF PESARO
- TASSO. From an engraving by Raffaelle Morghen.
- 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.
- CHAPTER XII
- THE DIVORCE AND SECOND MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER XIII
- A REGENT AND A MOTHER
- CHAPTER XIV
- SOCIAL LIFE OF THE BORGIAS
- CHAPTER XV
- MISFORTUNES OF CATARINA SFORZA
- CHAPTER XVI
- MURDER OF ALFONSO OF ARAGON
- CÆSAR BORGIA. From a painting by Giorgione.
- CHAPTER XVII
- LUCRETIA AT NEPI
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CÆSAR AT PESARO
- The Duke's Retinue
- Prominent Men in the Duke's Household.
- CHAPTER XIX
- ANOTHER MARRIAGE PLANNED FOR LUCRETIA
- GUICCIARDINI. From an engraving by Blanchard.
- CHAPTER XX
- NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOUSE OF ESTE
- CHAPTER XXI
- THE EVE OF THE WEDDING
- ERCOLE D'ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA.
- GUICCIARDINI.
- CHAPTER XXII
- ARRIVAL AND RETURN OF THE BRIDAL ESCORT
- CASTLE OF S. ANGELO, ROME.
- BOOK THE SECOND
- LUCRETIA IN FERRARA
- CHAPTER I
- LUCRETIA'S JOURNEY TO FERRARA
- CHAPTER II
- FORMAL ENTRY INTO FERRARA
- ARIOSTO. From a painting by Titian.
- CHAPTER III
- FÊTES GIVEN IN LUCRETIA'S HONOR
- CHAPTER IV
- THE ESTE DYNASTY—DESCRIPTION OF FERRARA
- CASTLE VECCHIO AT FERRARA.
- BENVENUTO GAROFALO. From an engraving by G. Batt. Cecchi.
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER VII
- COURT POETS—GIULIA BELLA AND JULIUS II—THE ESTE DYNASTY ENDANGERED
- ALPHONSO D'ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA.
- CHAPTER VIII
- ESCAPE AND DEATH OF CÆSAR
- 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.
- CHAPTER X
- EFFECTS OF THE WAR—THE ROMAN INFANTE
- LEO X. From an engraving published in 1580.
- CHAPTER XI
- LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF VANNOZZA
- CHAPTER XII
- DEATH OF LUCRETIA BORGIA—CONCLUSION
- LUCRETIA BORGIA. From a painting in the Musée de Nîmes.
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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