Rodrigo Borgia was elected Pope on August 11, 1492 and retained the papacy until his death in 1503. He most likely bribed his way into gaining the papacy. His elevation in status allowed him to elevate his illegitmate children as well. The most famous of these children being Juan, Cesare, and Lucrezia. Juan was murdered shortly after his father became Pope - probably because of a sexual liasion with the wrong woman. It is Cesare and Lucrezia who have perhaps received the most infamous reputations over history.

Many of the colonial values seen in the life of Livingstone are reflected in the character of St. John Rivers, the pastor-turned-missionary of Jane Eyre.  For example, in an early appeal, the London Missionary society asked for “messengers to the nations . . . to entreat [the foreigners] that they turn from their dumb idol to the living God, and to wait for His Son from heaven.” Similarly, Rivers says his “great work” is to give “religion for superstition, the hope of heaven for the fear of hell” (471).