History Of Florence And The Affairs Of Italy (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

A wonderful book by a man who really knew his subject. While everyone knows of "the Prince", "the history of Florence and the affairs of Italy" is up there with Thomas More's life of Henry VII as a sign that the Renaissance had arrived, and the world who be interpreted anew. Machiavelli looks for...

from timoroso

Probably not the greatest choice if you are looking for historical accuracy, but nonetheless interesting as another statement of Machiavelli's political thought. I read the "Istorie fiorentine" the same way I believe many others read it as well, to understand Machiavelli, not to know about the hi...

from le.vert.galant

The wisdom that dominates The Prince and The Discourses on Livy merely adorns this text. It is received history, reworked from earlier chronicles, with dense narrative and only brief discussions. We find here not Machiavelli the political philosopher but Machiavelli the literary stylist. In the f...

from le.vert.galant

The wisdom that dominates The Prince and The Discourses on Livy merely adorns this text. It is received history, reworked from earlier chronicles, with dense narrative and only brief discussions. We find here not Machiavelli the political philosopher but Machiavelli the literary stylist. In the f...