Bibliograph

Niccolo Machiavelli, an intellectual biography, Corrado Vivanti ; translated by Simon MacMichael

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Label

Niccolo Machiavelli, an intellectual biography, Corrado Vivanti ; translated by Simon MacMichael

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Niccolo Machiavelli

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

820118797

Responsibility statement

Corrado Vivanti ; translated by Simon MacMichael

Sub title

an intellectual biography

Table Of Contents

Part I. The Florentine secretary -- A shadowy period : the first half of his life -- The relationship with Savonarola -- The activity in the Chancery -- The correspondence with functionaries of the domain -- Diplomatic activity -- The experience of the early missions -- Changes of fortune and the Ghiribizzi al Soderino -- The Florentine ordinance -- The Venetian defeat and the reconquest of Pisa -- The end of the republic and the return of the Medici -- Part II. Exile in his homeland -- The confinement at Sant'Andrea -- "I have composed a little work on princedoms" -- The "myth" of the prince -- Frequenting the Orti Oricellari -- An original comment on Livy -- The art of war -- Part III. "Niccolo Machiavelli, historian, comic writer, and tragic writer" -- A new season in Machiavelli's life -- A return to business -- "The annals or the history of Florence" -- "The things done at home and abroad by the Florentine people" -- The friendship with Guicciardini -- Clizia and the musical madrigals -- Final act -- Appendix: Notes on the use of the word stato in Machiavelli

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