Vivanti, Corrado.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Translated from the Italian.

Subjects:

• Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
• Intellectuals — Italy — Florence — Biography.
• Statesmen — Italy — Florence — Biography.
• Florence (Italy) — Intellectual life — 16th century.
• Florence (Italy) — Politics and government — 1421-1737.

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