Title: Machiavelli /
Authors: Black, Robert,
Date: 2013
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Physical description: xxviii, 376 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: An intellectual biography of the 15th-century political scientist, showing the development in his thought from early subversive radicalism while an outcast from Florentine society to his later reconciliation with the establishment and more conventional norms in his writing.
Contents: Machiavelli and Florence. Florence and the Machiavelli family ; Early life, education and first writings ; Chancery career : Machiavelli and Florentine politics ; The chancery years : diplomatic activities and literary production -- The voice of experience. The Prince : context ; The Prince : message and meaning -- The return to classical humanism. The Discourses : context ; The Discourses : meaning and significance -- Man of letters. Poetry, theatre, narrative -- The return to diplomacy and public service. Politics and history ; The diplomat and adviser to princes reborn.
Subject headings (LCSH): Authors, Italian--Biography; Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737; Intellectuals--Italy--Biography.; Italy--Politics and government--1268-1559.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527; Political scientists--Italy--Florence--Biography.; Statesmen--Italy--Florence--Biography.