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At the end of that year, Giulio Cardinal de Medici commissioned him to write a history of Florence. Although this was not exactly the charge he desired, Machiavelli accepted it as the only possible way to come back into the grace of the Medicis. The intent of the work, although semi-officially, was to recover the city's charge of historic ...
Machiavelli was taught grammar, rhetoric, and Latin by his teacher, Paolo da Ronciglione. [25] It is unknown whether Machiavelli knew Greek; Florence was at the time one of the centres of Greek scholarship in Europe. [26] In 1494 Florence restored the republic, expelling the Medici family that had ruled Florence for some sixty years.
Written history of Florence traditionally begins in 59 BC, when the Romans founded the village for army veterans, and reportedly dedicated it to the god Mars. According to some stories, the city was founded for precise political and strategic reasons; in 62 BC, Fiesole (a region in Florence) was a cove for Catilines , and Caesar wanted an ...
Statue of Machiavelli at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. This timeline lists important events relevant to the life of the Italian diplomat, writer and political philosopher Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469–1527). Machiavelli was born in Florence in 1469 of an old citizen family. Little is known about his life until 1498, when he was appointed secretary and second chancellor ...
Commissioned by the Medici, Machiavelli also wrote the Florentine Histories, the history of the city. In 1512, the Medici retook control of Florence with the help of Spanish and Papal troops. [ 29 ] They were led by two cousins, Giovanni and Giulio de' Medici , both of whom would later become Popes of the Catholic Church, (Leo X and Clement VII ...
There were a number of problems with the reforms. From the start, Machiavelli expressed concern that the military establishment would undermine the interests of the Florentine Republic. There was only a small area outside of the city proper which Florence had much confidence in the populace's loyalty.
Machiavelli, after all, lived at a similar inflection point in history. Florence, one of the great Renaissance republics, was being transformed into a monarchy even at the moment he was writing.
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