HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Misogyny, Test Validity, Girolamo Savonarola
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Lecture 13: all humans are mortal, machiavelli is human, therefore machiavelli is mortal . Correct: all florentines are rich, machiavelli is florentine, therefore machiavelli is rich . Niccol machiavelli: 1469 1527, the mandragola, 1518, the art of war, 1520, discourses on livy, 1531, florentine histories, 1532, the prince, 1532. Renaissance italy a world of contradiction: on one hand cultural, artistic, and scientific innovation, on the other hand political turmoil, conflict, internal strife, external invasions, florence: from republic to principality c. i. 1434 1494: de" medici domination, from bankers to rulers. 1494 1498: girolamo savonarola c. ii. 1. c. ii. 2. c. ii. 3. c. iii. 1. c. iii. 2. c. iii. 3. referred to as the unarmed prophet in the prince. Excommunicated by the pope, executed for heresy c. iv. Head of the chancery, head of militia c. v. 1512 1527: return of medici rule c. v. 1. 1527 1530: republic restored, machiavelli dies in 1527 c. vii. 1530 1737: return of the medicis, become hereditary rulers (dukes) The prince: dedicated to lorenzo di piero de" medici a. i.
