![]() Gortner paints of Lucrezia in The Vatican Princess is real or not. There’s no way to know if the picture C.W. In an effort to solidify his grasp on power in those tumultuous times, the newly-appointed pope arranged for the betrothal of his twelve-year-old daughter, Lucrezia, to Giovanni Sforza, powerful member of the House of Sforza. ![]() Within that twelve-month period the world was witness to the defeat of the Moors at Granada, the exile of Jews who refused to convert, and the return of “Christofero Colon (sic)… in triumph to announce his discovery of the new world.” It was also the year that Lucrezia Borgia’s father, Rodrigo Borgia, ascended the papal throne. The year 1492 was arguably the most historically important year in Spanish history. ![]() ![]() Gortner’s The Vatican Princess Review by Rita Bourke Innocent or Femme Fatale?: The Plight of Lucrezia Borgia in C. ![]()
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