Hannibal 3x03: "Secondo"

[cleolinda]

This recap is entirely ridiculous with the pictures and the book quotes and the movie references and the background research and I'm not even sorry because this third season is all we have left, you guys. The show's throwing in everything plus the kitchen sink, so I might as well follow suit

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FOOTNOTE: Caterina Sforza

[cleolinda]

As mentioned in the recap, the book Hannibal Rising states that Hannibal's mother Simonetta is descended from both the House of Visconti and the House of Sforza, two major Italian Renaissance families. A tangent too egregious to even think of including up top: you gotta hear about Caterina "The Tiger" Sforza, a lady who was 100% not fucking around. She became Regent of Forlì and Imola after her first husband's death, and immediately wiped out everyone who even knew anyone who had conspired to kill her second husband. My favorite story, however, takes place after the first husband's death:

The fortress of Ravaldino, a central part of the defensive system of the city, refused to surrender to the Orsis. Caterina offered to attempt to persuade the castellan, Tommaso Feo, to submit. The Orsis believed Caterina because she left her children as hostages, but once inside she let loose a barrage of vulgar threats and promises of vengeance against her former captors. According to a legend, when they threatened to kill her children, Caterina,