Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In 1512, the powerful Medici family returned to power in Florence. Those who had served the previous regime were dealt with harshly. Niccolò Machiavelli, an official of middling rank, was no exception. In February 1513 he was arrested and tortured, then chose exile on the family farm, a few kilometers outside the city.
His body broken, his career over and poverty looming, he had to act. Machiavelli wanted his old position back, even under new masters. His plan was audacious. Ten months into his exile, he sat down to write The Prince, a short text with a single aim: persuading Lorenzo II de' Medici, the very man who had him arrested and tortured, to give him a job.
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- 2A mirror for princes
- 3Flattery or criticism?
- 4The lion and the fox
- 5Do the ends justify the means?
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary6 terms explained in a tap.
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