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A great and wretched city : promise and failure in Machiavelli's Florentine political thought / Mark Jurdjevic.
LIBRA DG736.3.M333 J87 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jurdjevic, Mark, author.
- Series:
- I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Istorie fiorentine.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527--Political and social views.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
- Republicanism--Italy--Florence--History.
- Republicanism.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.
- Florence (Italy).
- Italy--Florence.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the Florentine question
- The Savonarolan lens
- Roman doubts
- Nobles and noble culture in the Florentine histories
- A new view of the people
- The Albizzi regime in the Florentine histories
- The virtues and vices of Medici power in the Florentine histories
- The failure of Florentine institutions
- Conclusion : Machiavelli's republican realism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674725468
- 9780674725461
- OCLC:
- 861478406
- Publisher Number:
- 99958410047
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