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Throughout his life, Niccol Machiavelli's overriding central concerns were the present and future strength and independence of Florence. Presenting a wide sample of the many genres in which he wrote, this volume highlights and explores this underappreciated aspect of Machiavelli's intellectual preoccupations.ions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Note on Translation and Selection of Texts
Introduction. Machiavelli in the Florentine Renaissance
Chapter 1. Early Letters, Poems, and Military Writings (1498-1513)
Chapter 2. Excerpts from
The Prince (1513-15)
Chapter 3. Excerpts from
Discourses on Livy (1512-17)
Chapter 4.
The Mandrake (1518)
Chapter 5.
Articles for a Pleasure Company (post-1504)
Chapter 6.
Belfagor (1524)
Chapter 7. Excerpts from
The Art of War (1519-20)
Chapter 8.
Allocution to a Magistrate (1519-20)
Chapter 9.
Discourse on Florentine Affairs After the Death of Lorenzo (1520-1521)
Chapter 10. Midcareer Letters (1517-24)
Chapter 11.
Duties of an Ambassador (1522)
Chapter 12. Excerpts from the
Florentine Histories (1525)
Chapter 13. Late Letters (1525-27)
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Mark Jurdjevic is Professor of History at York University and coeditor, with Natasha Piano and John P. McCormick, of Florentine Political Writings from Petrarch to Machiavelli, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Meredith K. Ray is Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware.
Zusammenfassung
Throughout his life, Niccolo Machiavelli's overriding central concerns were the present and future strength and independence of Florence. Presenting a wide sample of the many genres in which he wrote, this volume highlights and explores this underappreciated aspect of Machiavelli's intellectual preoccupations.
