The garments of court and palace : Machiavelli and the world that he made / Philip Bobbitt.

Argues that Machiavelli's The Prince should be read in conjunction with his Discourses, which together prophesied the end of the feudal era and the birth of the neoclassical Renaissance state. Using both Renaissance examples and cases drawn from our own era, shows Machiavelli's work is both profound...

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Main Author: Bobbitt, Philip
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press, [2013], ©2013.
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Physical Description:viii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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505 0 |a Prologue: Arte dello Stato- the Machiavelli paradox; The unholy necromancer and his Koran for courtiers -- bk. 1. Ordini: The important structure of 'The Prince' -- bk. 2. Lo Stato: The relation of 'The Prince' to the 'Discourses on Livy' -- bk. 3. Virtù e Fortuna: God does not want to do everything -- bk. 4. Occasione: The interesting timing of 'The Prince' -- Epilogue: Satan's theologian. 
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