Jeremy Irons in the part of Alexander VI in the TV series "The Borgias"
On Pope Alexander VI Borgia rivers of ink have been poured out, most of which are spent describing turpitudes and atrocities, but perhaps no one has managed to sketch a portrait of this character as essential as it is complete as Francesco Guicciardini, the famous writer and historian of his time.
Guicciardini described Rodrigo Borgia as follows: "very obscene customs, no shame, no faith, no religion, indefatigable avarice, cruelty more than barbaric".
A few words, but unequivocal and very harsh, about one of the most controversial (and negative) characters of our Renaissance .