Mavericks & Legends: Lucrezia Borgia

Published: May 8, 2020, 9 a.m.

b'Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) was one of the most controversial women of the Italian Renaissance. She was the daughter of an infamous Pope, a member of one of the most notorious Italian families in history, and a muse for artists and writers. Though she has traditionally been remembered as the archetypal femme fatale, modern historians have begun to reevaluate her story, questioning if she was a perpetrator or a victim.'