Lucrezia Borgia in a TV drama. Why has a “black legend” arisen about her that wants her to be diabolical and merciless?
Victim or executioner? Devilish or submissive? Cruel or fragile creature at the mercy of father and brother's delusions of grandeur?
Probably, unless new documents come out in this sense illuminating and clarifying, we will never know what was the true nature of Lucrezia Borgia , one of the most talked about women for five centuries now.
What is certain is that around the figure and work of the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, over time an aura of mystery has been created that has ended up fueling that sort of " black legend "According to which she would have been an eater of men with easy poisoning, aware and sometimes even complicit in the misdeeds of her family.
The documentary tries to give at least some answers to the many questions that still arise about Lucrezia Borgia. of historychannel.it that I attached at the bottom of the post (taken from youtube.com), in which, through accurate historical reconstructions and authoritative opinions from scholars, we try to give a slightly less confused face to what is perhaps the most controversial female Renaissance character.
Enjoy.