On August 27, 1495, Caterina Sforza’s young husband Jakamo was attacked near a bridge after a hunting trip. The ambush quickly turned into murder, and Jakamo was later seen dead and cut into pieces.

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In a time when men relegated women to the sidelines, Caterina Sforza refused to let anyone silence her. Well-educated and descended from a line of powerful leaders, she utilized her strength, wit, and ...

She’s a Renaissance countess named Caterina, and Lev’s intimate portrait of her, The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy’s Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici, is ...

Fifteenth-century countess Caterina Sforza was as renowned for her ruthless politics as she was for her looks and sexual prowess. And, as author Lisa Hilton (right) discovers, her beauty potions and ...

In her first book, Lev, a Rome-based Renaissance scholar, offers a rich account of a dramatic and tragic life: a tale of murder, childhood marriage, revenge, rape, accession to power by a Florentine ...

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