Niccolò Machiavelli an intellectual biography Corrado Vivanti ; translated by Simon MacMichael.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages)ISBN: 9781400849055; 1400849055Subject(s): Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 | Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 | Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737 | Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737 | Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century | Italy -- Florence | 1421-1737 | Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography | Intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography | Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory | Intellectual life | Intellectuals | Politics and government | Renaissance | StatesmenGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Biography. | Electronic books. | Biographies. | History. | Biographies. DDC classification: 320.1092 LOC classification: DG738.14.M2Online resources: EBSCOhost Summary: A colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Machiavelli's life and thought This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, provides an unparalleled intellectual biography that demonstrates the close connections between Machiavelli's thought and his changing fortunes during the tumultuous Florentine republic and his subsequent exile. Vivanti's concise account covers not only Machiavelli's most famous works-The Prince, The Discourses, The Florentine Histories, and The Art of War-but also his letters, poetry, and comic dramas. While setting Machiavelli's life against a dramatic backdrop of war, crisis, and diplomatic intrigue, the book also paints a vivid human portrait of the man.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Machiavelli's life and thought This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, provides an unparalleled intellectual biography that demonstrates the close connections between Machiavelli's thought and his changing fortunes during the tumultuous Florentine republic and his subsequent exile. Vivanti's concise account covers not only Machiavelli's most famous works-The Prince, The Discourses, The Florentine Histories, and The Art of War-but also his letters, poetry, and comic dramas. While setting Machiavelli's life against a dramatic backdrop of war, crisis, and diplomatic intrigue, the book also paints a vivid human portrait of the man.
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