Cesare recruits a band of mercenaries with the help of Micheletto to seek revenge on the retreating French troops for burning the nunnery where his beloved Ursula lived; the Pope forges more strategic alliances and enriches himself in the bargain; Lucrezia joins Giulia's quest to aid Rome's poor.
Keywords: 15th-century , court-intrigue , european-history , florence-italy , historical , historical-drama , italian-history , italian-renaissance , religion , renaissance , rome-italy , pope