A Great and Wretched City : : Promise and Failure in Machiavelli's Florentine Political Thought / / Mark Jurdjevic.
Like many inhabitants of booming metropolises, Machiavelli alternated between love and hate for his native city. He often wrote scathing remarks about Florentine political myopia, corruption, and servitude, but also wrote about Florence with pride, patriotism, and confident hope of better times. Des...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Savonarolan Lens
- 2. Roman Doubts
- 3. Nobles and Noble Culture in the Florentine Histories
- 4. A New View of the People
- 5. The Albizzi Regime in the Florentine Histories
- 6. The Virtues and Vices of Medici Power in the Florentine Histories
- 7. The Failure of Florentine Institutions
- Conclusion: Machiavelli's Republican Realism
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index