Italy is probably the most diverse nation in the world. ... Italian Studies is the study of this diversity. ... It can entail pretty much anything within, from, or about Italy. ... The next author to give me an insight on Italy was Dante". ... Italy became a republic in 1946, and the king was exiled. ...
Niccolo Machiavelli was from the elite class in Renaissance Florence. During this time Italy divided into city-states that was threatened by French and Spainish invasions. Machiavelli wrote The Prince (1513) to call for united efforts to defend Italy from these powerful countries. ...
(Encyclopaedia Britannica 6) The French came up with the term "Machiavellianism" (Encyclopaedia Britannica 7) to describe their hatred of Italian life. ... As said in the preface to Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy "The history of Machiavelli is an enthralling one, but it is best insulated from an account of the development of the man himself." ...
