Political Theory, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Aug., 2007), pp. 385-411 (27 pages) This essay examines the political trials through which, according to Machiavelli's "Discourses", republics should punish ...
For many years, historians knew of only ten first-edition copies of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince—the controversial 16th-century political treatise—all held by institutions. However, they recently ...
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), a political thinker from Renaissance Italy, is best known for his no-nonsense, often harsh approach to power and governance. In his famous book, ‘The Prince’ he argued ...