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The Cardinal's Hat : Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince
The Cardinal's Hat Money Ambition and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince Author:Mary Hollingsworth The Cardinal's Hat is the fascinating story of how Ippolito d'Este, the second son of Lucretia Borgia, acquired the coveted cardinal's hat and became the Archbishop of Milan. Working with Ippolito's letters and ledgers, recently uncovered in an archive in Modena, Italy, Mary Hollingsworth has pieced together a fascinating and undeniably titilla... more »ting tale of this Renaissance cardinal and his road to power and wealth in sixteenth century Europe.« less