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Publisher: Bantam (April 2, 2013)
Publication Date: April 2, 2013
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Language: English
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After watching the Netflix series on the Borgia's I was curious to know what the Borgia's were actually like. I read the very good "The Borgia's and the Enemies", by Christopher Hibbert first to get a standard view of the Borgia's before reading G.J. Meyer's work. I found G.J. Meyer's writing a pleasure to read. His description of the political and sociological landscape of Europe from the 1300 to the early 1500's, his sketches of people, towns, kingdoms and cultures are efficient and very astute. His knowledge of the subjects he is writing about is impressive. Meyer does and remarkable job humanizing Rodrigo and Lucretia Borgia. Meyer has convinced me that they were likely among the best people that anyone in their positions could have been, human and fallible, but far closer to his well researched conclusions than the standard view of them for the past 500 years. Cesare, well... he did inspire Machiavelli in his writing of The Prince. In his exploration of Cesare, Meyer adds depth and detail, but doesn't make excuses. More important than agreeing or disagreeing with the thesis that Meyer uses as the focus of his fine work, this book is good history in general, and a great read. After reading it you will have a better feel for the era. One point I recall from another reviewer is that Meyer tends to doubt the dirt about the Borgia's but believes the dirt about other figures, like the indomitable Giuliano della Rovere. The point is valid and I kept it in mind during my entire time reading this book, but even being careful to be intellectually vigilant, I feel that Meyer does a remarkable job of keeping his conclusions from harming the quality of his work. I felt like I was getting a fascinating intimate peek into the mystery of "who were the people behind the myth?" that has made the name Borgia infamous, while at the same time getting an excellent picture of the basic landscape from which Western culture has been born. I highly recommend this book. As for Giuliano della Rovere; it will be interesting to see what I can learn about him.
Reality truly exceeds fantasies in the history of the Borgias. In this well researched book, the author provides facts, possible interpretations and questions about this powerful and sensational family as well as the background information of the 15-16th century European politics and culture. His writing style is so vivid and lively, the stories kept me captivated for days,-- my version, perhaps similar to binge watching the Game of Thrones for other people. The mysterious complexity of church politics and individuals survival, greed, desire and perhaps some true and some deluded sense of piety and justification, is both perplexing and deliciously melodramatic to read. It makes you realize, sadly, that the endless and clearly foreseen cycle of vengeance among the rivaling powers has never discouraged them to change courses to this day.
This was the reviewer’s first foray into Borgia history, which leaves him at a loss to speak of this history within the context of the broader history of Renaissance Italy and, in particular, the Borgias. All the present reviewer can offer is their personal experience with this revisionist history. Hopefully, this will be of some use to the reader and will inspire them to pursue the history of the Borgias and Renaissance Italy.The Borgias was a compelling, but emotionally distant, history. G. J. Myer brings the reader, calmly and methodically, into a re-reading and a problematizing of the Borgia Legend with particular cool and a great deal of discretion. Given the salacious nature of the author’s subject matter this works extraordinarily well and lends a sense of probity which is often, according to the author’s general sentiment, missing from Borgia histories.Myer lays out the case for Alexander VI not being the father of Cesare and his siblings with care, and interrogates the flimsy evidence for this with equal care. Those readers not interested in a careful reading of Borgia history will, perhaps, find this work tedious, but those interested in a careful re-interpretation of the Borgias will find much to satisfy them here.Much is done to re-examine the hedonistic and perverse reputation of Alexander VI. In the course of this re-examination much of the legend is exposed not as history but myth. What is not stripped away and exposed is contextualized within the frame of Renaissance Italy’s politics, geopolitics, and cultural milieu. Occasionally Myer may be over-indulgent in this context, but for the most part it is an excellent re-interpretation of the facts and the exposing of myth which has passed itself off as history for some five hundred years.In sum, this is an excellent family history of a much maligned and misrepresented political dynasty.Rating: 5 out of 5 stars.A must read for those interested in Machiavelli’s The Prince, Renaissance Italy, and the history of this powerful and much misunderstood family.
an excellent history of the Borgias and one that is packed with surprises, especially if one was taken in by the story line of the Jeremy Irons series. Meyer has an engaging method of writing in addition to providing a tremendous amount of historical, political, geographic, and social context to understand the unfolding life of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander). The contextualization opens up the myriad intrigues of the many families that battled for power, land, and finances through the second half of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The geo-political status of the various states in Italy become more clear as the story progresses. Meyer has grounded his analytical argument in view of the current and age-old histories and folklore about the Borgias and makes a clear case for his disputes with common knowledge about Rodrigo and his famous family. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in this period and in this intriguing family.
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