Beyond the Term: the Villain History Made Him
Machiavelli: a keen observer of power, a political realist, and a thinker whose insights into human behaviour still resonate today.
The House of Malatesta
Of all the Lords of Carpegna, only two houses played significant roles in Italian History. The Montefeltro and their sworn enemies, the 'bad head' Malatesta.
The House of Montefeltro
In the 208 years they held Urbino, the city thrived, becoming a duchy and a hub of Renaissance and Humanist culture. But who were the Montefeltro, and why did their rule end so suddenly?
A Good Fabrication
Cesare Borgia: villain of legend or a man far less cruel than history claims?
The Tigress of Forlí
Meet the woman who stormed the Castel Sant’Angelo without spilling any blood while heavily pregnant, wrote a book on alchemy, trained and led numerous armies, and even managed to turn her captor, Cesare Borgia, into her lover.
