Machiavelli
Subtitle: a life beyond ideology
By: Paul Oppenheimer
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781847252210
Subjects: Statesmen; Biography; Political scientists; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Modern evil and the sack of Rome; title: Machiavelli and the changing universe: Family and growing up ; Early education ; The cosmic package ; Poetry, music and militarism ; Murder in the Duomo ; A boyhood excursion ; The lost years ; Poetry and the Medici ; The religious revolution; title: The world of war and diplomacy: Executions and an official appointment ; Caterina Sforza and the crisis at Pisa ; The military quandary ; On the move with the French king ; The long French patience ; Meeting the Captain-General ; Investigating the sources of power ; Retribution and dominance ; Plans to change the Arno ; The first journey to Rome ; Cesare's downfall and The first decennale ; Anarchy and the citizen militia ; The German enigma ; Victory at Pisa ; A government overthrown; title: Into a Tuscan exile: The aftermath of freedom ; Making history at Sant'Andrea ; Power and memory ; The ambush of love ; Literary adventures ; Reflecting on the craft of war ; The dream of history ; Lights before the storm ; The assault on Rome and a fatal illness; title: Epilogue: The historical afterglow.