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The Borgias: Using Historical Epochs And Events In Popular Culture

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The Borgias
It has become a quite common tendency to use historical epochs and events in popular culture and especially in cinematography. The gradual development of the industry has been facilitating favorable conditions for reproduction of ancient palaces, grandiose battles and exquisite dresses, while popular media of presentation enable reaching extremely broad audiences – entertain them and educate them. Thereby, Italy in the epoch of the Renaissance is definitely a popular theme in cinematographic works, and the film I would like to discuss is the TV series titled The Borgias which ran on Showtime from 2011 to 2013. The TV drama portrays Rome of the late fifteenth century when the Borgia dynasty gripped power over the Vatican and the Catholic world on the whole.
The drama portrays the epoch in Italy’s history when Rodrigo Borgia, a cardinal of rather loose morals, was elected by the College of the Cardinals to occupy the Holy See under the name of Pope Alexander VI. Interestingly, the …show more content…

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