History of Everything: The Bonkers Borgias of Italy

History of Everything

Education, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

The Borgias, led by patriarch Rodrigo, are a family of outsiders from Spain who try to take over control of Renaissance-era Italy. Through the use of bribery, extortion and torture, Rodrigo rises up the ranks to become pope. Two of Rodrigo's children are used as pawns by being married off to members of rival families at a young age. Vanozza, Rodrigo's long-time mistress and mother of his children, and Giulia Farnese battle for the elder Borgia's affections. The story of the Borgias has inspired such works as Machiavelli's political treatise `The Prince' and Mario Puzo's `The Godfather'. This is their story and oh boy is it insane Thanks HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/everything50 and use code everything50 for 50% off plus free shipping! Travel to Italy With Me here Travel to Japan With Me here Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Join the Book Club on http://chirpbooks.com/history Get some delicious COFFEE Podcast Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.0	to be extra special because we are talking about the Borgas, the family that effectively had
1:16.9	turned Italy into their plaything, and the reason I'm saying that is special and awesome for this,
1:22.1	is because we are still going to be leading a trip to Italy this next May, and there is one
1:27.3	early bird spot
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1:38.3	Now, without further ado, let's go ahead and get today's episode, and the Borges.
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