Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy.(Brief article)(Book review)

The Historian | June 22, 2006| | Copyright

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy. By Sarah Bradford. (New York, N.Y.: Viking, 2004. Pp. xxiv, 421. $27.95.)

The recent papal election generated much commentary on past popes both good and bad. Among those considered for the dubious distinction of worst pope ever, Alexander VI [r. 1492-1503] usually ranks well ahead of the pack. Simonist, pluralist, nepotist, and sensualist, Alexander was also a doting father who worked hard to divert church resources to the needs of nine grasping children and the project of a family-run state. Juan headed ...

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