BF190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Republic Of Florence, Girolamo Savonarola, God Speaks
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Machiavelli: machiavelli means to be deceitful, machiavelli (1469-1527) teacher of evil , he was a florentine politician in the renaissance, he is a realist who wants to create a new order of things. History when the prince was written: renaissance took place in 5 main cities: florence, naples, milan, venice, papal states. He wants to return to political life even though the medicis were in power and a republican state: the roman catholic church didn"t really like it since its universality threatened the traditionalism of the church. Neither did the humanists of the renaissance like it since the subjects are treated unethically: he can write this because he believes it is important to study history, for example, military strategy. By studying this, he knew how politics and war worked: the ruler must do whatever is necessary by whatever means he chooses.
