Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519)
Autore di The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, 1503-1519
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Fonte dell'immagine: Bartolomeo Veneto.
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- Data di nascita
- 1480-04-18
- Data di morte
- 1519-06-24
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Monastero del Corpus Domini, Ferrara
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Italy
- Luogo di nascita
- Rome, Italy
- Luogo di morte
- Ferrara, Italy
- Luogo di residenza
- Rome, Italy
Ferrara, Italy
Nepi, Italy - Attività lavorative
- aristocrat
letter writer - Relazioni
- Bembo, Pietro (friend, correspondent)
- Breve biografia
- Lucrezia was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Spanish-born church official who later became Pope Alexander VI. Cesare Borgia was her brother. Although the Borgias came to epitomize ruthless politics, Vatican corruption, and sexual debauchery, many historians believe that Lucrezia was a pawn of her relatives in her early life. After she married Alfonso d'Este, future Duke of Ferrara, she became a respected figure in the duchy of Ferrara. She died in childbirth in 1519. She continues to fascinate and has inspired many works of literature, opera, film, and television. Several paintings are said to depict her, but none are fully accepted by scholars.
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Lord Byron apparently believed in the sincerity of their motives. It was he who praised the letters as "the prettiest" in the world. But humorist Will Cuppy had doubts, noting that her poet friends tended to show up at mealtimes.
In any case, this book is an up-close and personal glimpse into Renaissance Italy. The preface of thirty-eight pages is an excellent introduction to the letters. Artfully illustrated.… (altro)