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A RENAISSANCE GUIDE TO THE PERFECT MARRIAGE   – WRITTEN BY A MAN OF COURSE.    Here are a few bits of advice from Italian politicia...

WHAT A BOY NEEDS TO KNOW. EDUCATION IN THE BORGIA ERA. returnofkings.com Here is Vergerio's curriculum:  Most important subjec...

BRINGING UP YOUR CHILD:  ADVICE FROM THE BORGIA ERA. From #Renaissance These bits of wisdom come from a treatise by the papal secre...

DON’T TRAVEL IN ITALY DURING THE HIGH SEASON. A lot of people must have regretted visiting Rome during the Jubilee of 1450, includin...

HISTORY TO TURN YOUR STOMACH. DON'T PUT YOUR HAND INTO CESSPOOLS OR BOILING OIL.   You have been warned. Don’t read this while ...