Machiavelli : Renaissance political analyst and author

Titre
Machiavelli : Renaissance political analyst and author

Heather Lehr. Wagner

Sommaire
Examines the life of Renaissance political theorist and author Machiavelli, looking at his ideas on power within the context of the times in which he lived, and discussing his outh, diplomatic career, imprisonment, the writing of "The Prince, " and his later years as a scholar and historian.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2006

Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Description matérielle
138 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Table des matières
Portrait of a political philosopher -- Early years in Florence -- Diplomatic career -- Decline of the republic -- The prince -- A scholar and a student of history -- The history of Florence.

Informations sur le programme
Social Studies - Grade 8

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Terme de vedette-matière
Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.
 
Intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.
 
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
 
Renaissance.
 
Middle Ages.
 
Statesmen -- Biography.

Terme géographique
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
 
Florence (Italy) -- Biography.
 
Italy -- History -- 0-1559.

Résumé
Examines the life of Renaissance political theorist and author Machiavelli, looking at his ideas on power within the context of the times in which he lived, and discussing his outh, diplomatic career, imprisonment, the writing of "The Prince, " and his later years as a scholar and historian.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780791086292

Informations de publication
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.


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