Rise and Fall of the Borgias
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William Landon
Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the Borgia family has developed a scandalous reputation. While they were indeed ostentatious, calculating, worldly, cruel—and even, occasionally, murderous—listeners may be surprised to find that the Borgias were not terribly different from other powerful and ambitious families of their day. So why has history set them apart as one of the most corrupt and reviled families in history?
In the Rise and Fall of the Borgias, listeners will spend 10 revealing lectures untangling the web of rumors, speculation, and historical embellishment from what is actually known about the infamous Roman family. With Dr. William Landon, listeners will explore the historical context that helped the Borgias make their fortune and better understand how they could be both magnanimous and ruthless, pious and morally suspect.
The story of the Borgias is rich with intrigue, even without the fictional enhancement it has received from the numerous films, novels, and television shows that have been created based on the family’s notoriety. Dr. Landon introduces listeners to the major players and lays bare their machinations to reach the highest offices of church and state. Were their exploits as salacious as listeners have been led to believe? Did they manipulate the papacy for their own gain? Are the rumors of incest, bribery, political assassinations, and other morally questionable behaviors true or the stuff of historical gossip?
As listeners explore these and other rumors surrounding the Borgias, they will pull back the curtain on the historian’s craft and see how the story of this Renaissance dynasty has been shaped over time and how new research and a healthy dose of skepticism has allowed us to get a little closer to the truth—without losing any of the drama.
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Our favorite moments from Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- Lecture 1, Chapter 2 from Valencia to Rome the Borja Become the Borgia
- Lecture 3, Chapter 4 Cardinal Borgia Becomes Pope Alexander VI
- Lecture 8, Chapter 9 Cesare Borgia and Niccolò Machiavelli
- Lecture 1, Chapter 2 from Valencia to Rome the Borja Become the Borgia
- Rumors circulate about Cesare Borgia
- Lecture 3, Chapter 4 Cardinal Borgia Becomes Pope Alexander VI
- "Rodrigo badly predicted how the new Pope would act"
- Lecture 8, Chapter 9 Cesare Borgia and Niccolò Machiavelli
- Machiavelli praises Cesare Borgia
The history of a single family says a lot about the Renaissance!
Facts we all know about the Borgias: They had power. They had Popes. Everything in the Showtime series couldn’t be true. Professor Landon probes why this particular family acquired a reputation for incest, poison, and assassination. Did Rodrigo Borgia (aka Pope Alexander VI) hold orgies in the Vatican, or was he a better-than-average Renaissance pontiff? Was Lucrezia, his daughter—yes, you read that right—a murderous temptress, or merely a woman whose value was to ally her family to other powerful clans through marriage? One overarching question runs through the lectures like silk through brocade: what made the Borgias infamous?
About the Professor
Dr. William Landon is Professor of European History at Northern Kentucky University. He received his MSc and PhD in History, with an emphasis on the life and works of Niccolò Machiavelli, from the University of Edinburgh.
An international authority in the fields of Machiavelli studies, the Renaissance, and the history of ideas, Dr. Landon is also a 2017 recipient of a National Science Foundation Grant. He has published two books: Politics, Patriotism and Language: Niccolò Machiavelli’s "Secular Patria" and the Creation of an Italian National Identity; and Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolò Machiavelli: Patron, Client, and the Pistola fatta per la peste/An Epistle Written Concerning the Plague. He is also the presenter of a 24-lecture series on Machiavelli’s The Prince, produced by The Great Courses. Alongside his professional life as a historian, Dr. Landon is a classically trained painter, sculptor, a pianist, a lover of literature and music, and the co-owner/operator of a small organic farm.
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Excellent!
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Fascinating historical portrait
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Informative
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Not too shaggy, I meant shabby.
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Normally, I don’t bother to write reviews, but this book was just lovely. Here goes!
As background, over the past few years I have been voraciously streaming historical series on Amazon and Netflix. Among those, the two relatively recent series on the Borgia family were probably my favorite. But, they left me wondering, in real life, were the Borgia really that terrible? So when I saw this new Borgia series on Audible I took a chance and bought it.
Wow, I’m glad that I did. It’s all there – intrigue, murder, sex, religion and the Renaissance. But the narrator, who also authored this series, used good history and common sense to challenge some of the most scandalous things associated with the Borgia Pope and his family. I’m not going to give away the details. Check it out for yourself. You’ll be glad that you did.
BTW, the narrator’s voice is smooth and deep (check on the samples... you'll see what I mean). I loved it.
A remarkable history of a maligned family
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An excellent objective insight into the Borgias
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The topic of the Borgia family was fascinating and not something I knew much about. Professor Landon did a great job evaluating the historical sources and explaining to the listener why he made the judgments he did.
Solid audible original great course
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It admirably gives deep context to this notable family’s presence on the world stage.
By doing so, it shows the deep connections to significant historical events and powerful families and rulers.
Illuminating Borgia family biography
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While this family was very, very, very corrupt (just like the other powerful families of the time) I like how Landon explained what was known to be a fact and what could be concluded to be a vicious rumor that their enemies started. Those rumors have become the Borgia family legacy we know today.
I was fascinated for 4 hours and I wonder if I had know this years ago if I would have liked the show better.
I was hooked for all the lectures.
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