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The Borgias: The First Crime Family URL: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/history/borgias/1.html Description: Background about four members of this prominent Italian Renaissance family that includes these "members [who] in particular are remembered, if only vaguely, as remarkable examples of greed and evil. Two were popes: Calixtus III (Alonso Borgia) and Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). ... Cesare Borgia, was, for a time, a cardinal. ... The fourth member has become a metaphor for feminine evil: Lucrezia Borgia, sister of Cesare." Also includes a bibliography. From truTV. Author: Aiuto, Russell Publisher: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. LII Database Information: Record 23112 created by Maria Brandt on 01/02/2007 Last modification on 07/13/2008 Published: 01/03/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23112 |