Project Gutenberg 2018-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 588 Garner, John Leslie Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance E-text prepared by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance" by John Leslie Garner is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the life of Caesar Borgia, a prominent figure in the complex political landscape of the Italian Renaissance. Garner examines Borgia not just as an individual but as a product of his era, encapsulating the extreme ambition and ruthless egoism characteristic of the time. The opening of this work provides a rich historical context, discussing the rampant corruption and moral decay within the papacy and its intertwining with Italian politics during the 15th century. Garner implies that figures like Borgia emerged from a society marked by a struggle for power among various city-states and noble families, where treachery became commonplace. He highlights how Borgia, as the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, navigated this treacherous political environment, underscoring the intertwining of personal ambition and the broader sociopolitical currents of Renaissance Italy. The author reveals the prevailing sentiment of the era, where the great man theory of history was being challenged, suggesting that Borgia's notoriety reflects not just his individual characteristics but also the tumultuous and often violent era in which he lived. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Renaissance -- Italy Borgia, Cesare, 1476?-1507 Borgia family DG Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Royalty 651560 2025-07-22T15:17:56.536148 text/html 626186 2018-05-10T17:18:08 text/html 2262661 2025-07-22T15:18:06.424084 application/epub+zip 2260423 2025-07-22T15:17:58.761147 application/epub+zip 311605 2025-07-22T15:17:57.701195 application/epub+zip 2423901 2025-07-22T15:18:12.113095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2375109 2025-07-22T15:18:05.379126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418347 2022-08-25T16:47:31.667637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534919 2025-07-22T15:17:55.397161 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 534812 2020-06-15T00:12:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18958 2025-07-22T15:18:12.256070 application/rdf+xml 15079 2025-07-22T15:17:57.846128 image/jpeg 2330 2025-07-22T15:17:57.776134 image/jpeg 195529 2020-06-15T00:12:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 2072832 2018-05-10T17:21:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 2075032 2025-07-22T15:17:56.628224 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog