Nicola Machiavelli- The author and his times. (background Notes)
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:35:03
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 113 pages (31094 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 113 pages (31094 words)
THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES
MACHIAVELLI'S LIFE
Living from 1469 to 1527, Niccolo Machiavelli saw what we now consider the height of the Italian Renaissance- a period that produced some of Italy's greatest achievements in the arts and sciences, but that also produced horrible scandals and the establishment of foreign domination over the peninsula. Brought up while members of the powerful Medici family were masters of Florence, he studied the classics and learned to read and write …
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…and king of Athens.
VENICE
Seaport in northeast Italy. A rich, powerful aristocratic republic in Machiavelli's time.
VIRTU
Machiavelli's term for personal strength and ability, the special talent of a prince to seize the opportunity of a given moment and assume absolute power.
BERNABO VISCONTI (1323-1385)
Ruler famous for his cruel methods of punishment, including torture. Machiavelli uses him as an example of how a prince can instill fear in the hearts of the people.
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