![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Isn’t this also an example of women’s superiority over men that nobody can dispute? Lev does not believe that this occurred, but Machiavelli and others chose to publicize this version, and this is what is proudly repeated in Forlì. Most shocking and impressive to my young ears was the answer she allegedly gave the commander of the siege when he threatened to kill her children if she did not surrender: “I have the means to make more.” I was told that these words were accompanied by her raising her skirts and pointing to her genitals. I grew up hearing the story of Caterina Sforza (as we called her) valiantly defending the castle of Forlì, my hometown. The Tigress of Forl ì: Renaissance Italy’s most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici ![]()
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