Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his book The Prince, which showed rulers with strong nations by doing what worked best rather then by being good and morally correct. ... His ideas called for a ruler with wisdom and spiritual elements as well, to be the perfect Christian Prince. This Christian Prince would also have to condemn all type of warfare. ... Since there were more patrons of art, "the church was no longer the only patron of art; suddenly princes like Lorenzo de Medici were also buying art works-(Robinson 71). ...

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A skilled diplomat or an oppurtunitist, which term best described Bismarck's style of leadership between 1871-1890? Bismarck, who was mainly known as the Iron Chancellor", was both, a skilled diplomat and an oppurtunitist in his chancellor years 1871-1890. "Bismarck was a Machiavellian and immora...

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A large contributor to the Franco-Prussian war on the individual level was the the deceitful diplomacy implemented by Otto Von Bismarck concerning the succession of the Austrian throne. The balance of power in Europe had been disturbed by Prussia's victory over Austria in the Seven Weeks War of 1866...

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Furthermore, following the return of Medici in 1512 forcing him into exile, a diplomat notably known as Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. 7 His lectures became a political guidebook in advising rulers, where he believed that being politically effective outweighed morality. ...

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