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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli [a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine [4] [5] diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince ( Il Principe ), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. [ 6 ]
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Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Niccolò Machiavelli" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Art of War is divided into a preface (proemio) and seven books (chapters), which take the form of a series of dialogues that take place in the Orti Oricellari, the gardens built in a classical style by Bernardo Rucellai in the 1490s for Florentine aristocrats and humanists to engage in discussion, between Cosimo Rucellai and "Lord Fabrizio Colonna" (many feel Colonna is a veiled disguise ...
The Pope liked the work and rewarded him, albeit moderately, and asked him support in the creation of a national army, in the wake of his theoretical work The Art of War, in the preparations for the War of the League of Cognac. However, after the Sack of Rome (1527) and the fall of the Medici government in Florence, Machiavelli's hopes were ...
Virtù is a concept theorized by Niccolò Machiavelli, centered on the martial spirit and ability of a population or leader, [1] but also encompassing a broader collection of traits necessary for maintenance of the state and "the achievement of great things." [2] [3] In a secondary development, the same word came to mean an object of art.
Adaptations of works by Niccolò Machiavelli (1 C, 2 P) C. Cultural depictions of Niccolò Machiavelli (28 P) M. Machiavellianism (9 P) W. Works by Niccolò ...