Thursday, July 28, 2022

Caterina Sforza: One of the few women discussed by Machiavelli at length

Quite an impressive biography!

She is perhaps most famous for this story: "According to one rumour, when they threatened to kill her children, Caterina, standing in the walls of the fortress exposed her genitals and said: "Fatelo, se volete: impiccateli pure davanti a me ... qui ho quanto basta per farne altri!" ('Do it, if you want to: hang them even in front of me ... here I have what's needed to make others!')."

Caterina Sforza - Wikipedia



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