"The Borgias" by Marion Johnson

Title: "The Borgias" by Marion Johnson
Category: Literature
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"The Borgias" by Marion Johnson

Johnson, Marion. The Borgias. New York: Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, 1981.         The Borgias played a major role in the church of their time. The author tries to reveal that though fierce, the Borgias achieved much and showed some signs of moral values. Three of the Borgia family members achieved various things of significance in this time. Alfons Borja was the secretary of King Alfonso V of Aragon, and later received the rank of Pope. Cesare Borgia …showed first 75 words of 736 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 736 total…was the lands that the Pope owned. I was rather confused about the schism and which Pope was which, and I had to read over that section a few times.         The author, Marion Johnston, settled in Rome after being sent there by the British Foreign Office. She became interested in the Borgia family after discovering them in Augustus Hare's Walks in Rome. She realized through Hare's book that even today the Borgia Legacy lives on.

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