"The Prince," written by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513, was a great representation of the new ideas that surfaced within literature during the Renaissance. Once a Florentine diplomat, Machiavelli was sent into exile after the return of the Medici family in Florence in 1512 (Kekewich 223). ... Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as his primary examples. ... Machiavelli wrote: The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglec...

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No longer did supreme authority, such as the Pope, appoint officials and leaders. ... This approach to gaining wealth and power can be described as Machivellian, named so by the influence of ideologist Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli wrote one of the most influential political books of all time, called the Prince, which is considered one of the most important works to stem from the Italian Renaissance. Machiavelli expanded on his belief in the Prince, that Italians should behave with ferocity when it comes to politics, and should back up that ferocity with a unified force. Machiavelli's ...

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No longer did supreme authority (such as the Pope) appoint officials and leaders. ... This approach to gaining wealth and power can be described as Machiavellian, named so by the influence of ideologist Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli wrote one of the most influential political books of all time, called the Prince, which is considered one of the most important works to stem from the Italian Renaissance. Machiavelli expanded on his belief in the Prince--that Italians should behave with ferocity when it comes to politics--and should back up that ferocity with a unified force. Machiavelli'...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate