![]() ![]() ![]() Because I would have understood the Italian city state wars (lasting for literally centuries) coupled with France or Holy Roman Empire alliances in a more complete "location" and economic sense. I wish I would have read this before I read Scarlet City by Haasse. Highly researched biography of Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici. In finally losing her lands to the Borgia family, she put up a resistance that inspired all of Europe and set the stage for her progeny-including Cosimo de Medici-to follow her example to greatness.Ī rich evocation the Renaissance, The Tigress of Forlì reveals Caterina Riario Sforza as a brilliant and fearless ruler, and a tragic but unbowed figure. Following her husband’s assassination, she ruled Italy’s crossroads with iron will, martial strength, political savvy-and an icon’s fashion sense. After turbulent years in Rome’s papal court, she moved to the Romagnol province of Forlì. Raised in the court of Milan and wed at age ten to the pope’s corrupt nephew, Caterina was ensnared in Italy’s political intrigues early in life. ![]() ![]() In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines her extraordinary life and accomplishments. Caterina Riario Sforza was one of the most prominent women in Renaissance Italy-and one of the most vilified. The astonishing life of a long-misunderstood Renaissance virago. ![]()
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