MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò [and] MORNAY, Philippe Du Plessis

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A most interesting sammelband with uncommon editions of three important early modern political texts: Niccolò Machiavelli s Prince and the Discourses (here in the second Latin ed.), and Philippe Du Plessis Mornay s Vindiciae contra Tyrannos . Machiavelli (1469- 1527) was an Italian historian, writer, diplomat and politician who served for many years as senior official for the Republic of Florence until 1512, when the Medici regained power and he was first imprisoned and then exiled. His most famous work, the Principe , composed in 1513 and unpublished in Italy until 1532, was so controversial for the ruthlessness the author seemingly advocated in ambitious princes that Machiavellian became synonym with realpolitik and reason of state. Whilst discussing different forms of government, the Prince and the Discourses summarise Machiavelli s views on how one person should rule over one state whether a principality or a republic - so as to achieve political strength for that state. . .Despite his Republican leanings, Machiavelli also wrote more pragmatically about princes as a reflection of the political situation of his time. The controversy that surrounded the publication of Machiavelli s works by Perna in Basel in 1580 helped end the era of Latin translations by Italian Protestants who sought refuge in the city. Following the publication of the Contre Machiavel by Gentillet in Geneva (1576) [...] came the diffusion of Anti- Machiavellism in the German-speaking territories. [

• Binding: Hardcover

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