Machiavelli A Life Beyond Ideology

by Oppenheimer, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781847252210
• ISBN10: 1847252214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-29
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

A major new scholarly biography of Machiavelli, the first for thirty years.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. vi
Introduction: Modern Evil and the Sack of Rome	p. xiii
Machiavelli and the Changing Universe
Family and Growing Up	p. 3
Early Education	p. 11
The Cosmic Package	p. 19
Poetry, Music and Militarism	p. 25
Murder in the Duomo	p. 31
A Boyhood Excursion	p. 44
The Lost Years	p. 51
Poetry and the Medici	p. 62
The Religious Revolution	p. 68
The World of War and Diplomacy
Executions and an Official Appointment	p. 83
Caterina Sforza and the Crisis at Pisa	p. 92
The Military Quandary	p. 100
On the Move with the French King	p. 106
The Long French Patience	p. 117
Marriage and a Hint of Cesare Borgia	p. 120
Meeting the Captain-General	p. 125
Investigating the Sources of Power	p. 133
Retribution and Dominance	p. 140
Plans to Change the Arno	p. 150
The First Journey to Rome	p. 161
Cesare's Downfall and the First Decennale	p. 168
Anarchy and the Citizen Militia	p. 181
The German Enigma	p. 193
Victory at Pisa	p. 199
A Government Overthrown	p. 205
Into a Tuscan Exile
The Aftermath of Freedom	p. 221
Making History at Sant'Andrea	p. 230
Power and Memory	p. 241
The Ambush of Love	p. 247
Literary Adventures	p. 252
Reflecting on the Craft of War	p. 259
The Dream of History	p. 267
Lights before the Storm	p. 275
The Assault on Rome and a Fatal Illness	p. 282
Epilogue: The Historical Afterglow	p. 293
Notes	p. 299
Bibliography	p. 317
Index	p. 329
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