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Rodrigo Borgia was mentioned a fair bit in the biography of Isabella of Castile I just read, since he was Spanish and therefore a subject of hers, and cardinal and later Pope during her reign. I don't know very much at all about the Borgias, other than all the scandal, incest and murder and illegitimacy and so on, so I've now picked up a book about ( Read more... )

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The Ornament Of The World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain - Maria Rosa Menocal
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