Lucrezia Borgia

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable generalized toning, several edge nicks, and small tears, and a couple of smallish chips to the spine ends and corners. "Lucrezia Borgia was born at Subiaco, near Rome. Her mother was Vannozza dei Cattanei, one of the mistresses of Lucrezia's father, Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). Lucrezia Borgia's education was entrusted to Adriana Orsini de Milan, a close confidant of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) during her early life. Her education would primarily take place in the Piazza Pizzo de Merlo, an adjacent building next to her fathers residence. Her education is common for a woman of her social stature, but uncommon for someone of her gender. Unlike educated women of her time, hers came from within the sphere of intellectuals in court and close relatives. For most women who wanted to be educated, convents were the primary source for knowledge. Her upbringing would differentiate to others to due to the inclusion of Humanities, which the Catholic Church at the time considered detrimental to the foundations of piety and obedience." .