Machiavelli's Three Romes : : Religion, Human Liberty, and Politics Reformed / / Vickie B. Sullivan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Sullivan, Vickie B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Texts Cited --; Introduction --; Part I: Christian Rome --; 1. The Church and Machiavelli’s Depiction of Italy’s Historical Situation --; 2. The Ravages of Christianity --; Part II: Pagan Rome --; 3. The Foundation for Tyranny in Rome --; 4. Corruption, Youth, and Foreign Influences --; 5. Machiavelli’s Ambiguous Praise of Paganism --; Part III: Machiavelli’s New Rome --; 6. Old Lands and Machiavelli’s New One --; 7. A Temporal Christianity and the Princes of the Republic --; 8. Machiavelli’s Rule and Human Liberty --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501747861; 9783110690460; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704839; 9783110704631
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501747861?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vickie B. Sullivan.

Machiavelli's ambiguous treatment of religion has fueled a contentious and long-standing debate among scholars. Whereas some insist that Machiavelli is a Christian, others maintain he is a pagan. Sullivan mediates between these divergent views by arguing that he is neither but that he utilizes elements of both understandings arrayed in a wholly new way. In this illuminating study, Sullivan shows Machiavelli's thought to be a highly original response to what he understood to be the crisis of his times.