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Elevate

ElevateA living cultural atlas.

Author

Niccolò Machiavelli

Florentine secretary who studies power as a practice before judging it as morality.

The Prince is brief, circumstantial, and built from historical examples. The Discourses provide the essential republican counterpoint.

Key facts

Language: italian
Dates: 1469 to 1527
Nationality: Florentine
Era: Renaissance
Movement: civic humanism
Court or circle: Florentine chancery
Patronage: Medici Florence

Available in: FR / EN

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