Italy


  • Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like You Have Time Travelled to a Rococo Masquerade in the 18-Century!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.  For this post, I will be discussing five films to watch when you want to be utterly enchanted by the energy of 18th-Century settings, especially the Rococo ones.   Without further ado, let’s look at some film recommendations to embrace the energy of the 18th-Century! Marie…


  • La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For the last Femme Fatale Friday of December, I have decided to write about La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch!   Now, La Befana is not quite like the other Christmas and Yuletide Witches I have covered, as she is not seen as a malevolent…


  • Lucrezia Borgia

    The Borgias were one of Renaissance Italy’s most notorious families.   Today they are seen as a precursor to the modern Mafia, or a proto-Mafia if you will.   Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia who would become Pope Alexander VI.    Lucrezia Borgia’s story is one filled with intrigue, poisoning, sex, and…