Description |
1 online resource (viii, 475 pages) |
Contents |
The Travails of Italy viewed from the Chancery -- Sins of Princes -- Mercenaries and Cesare Borgia -- The Papacy and Julius II -- Momentous and Natural Enmities -- Family and Faction -- Faction and Regime -- Regime and Repression -- Repression and Conspiracy -- Corruption and Tyranny |
Summary |
Machiavelli was painfully aware of living in a disastrous moment of Italy's history, and was harshly critical of Italy's princes, its professional soldiers, and the Church. This is a study of his evaluation of their failures, especially how wealthy elites were prepared to undermine law and government to preserve and augment their power and wealth |
Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2022 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed March 23, 2023) |
Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
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SUBJECT |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 fast |
Subject |
Political science -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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Political science
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Italy -- History -- 1492-1559. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068950
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069001
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Subject |
Italy
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191948602 |
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0191948608 |
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