Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527)

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Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527)

Civil servant, poet, playwright, secretary to Cesare Borgia

  • Machiavelli led diplomatic missions; responsible for Florentine militia

  • 1512 removed from office as the Medicis returned to power

  • Documented techniques for obtaining and retaining power for “the new prince”


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What was Machiavelli advocating?

Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy described how a republic should be

started and structured with a series of checks and balances

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what did Contemporary scholars argued about?

the intended audience for The Prince, and even whether its intent was satirical

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what century is Niccolo Machiavelli from?

16 century