HUMA 1125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Mandrake, Pope Leo X, Italians
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Chapter 1: how many kinds of principalities there are and the way they are acquired (pg. Machiavelli describes the different kinds of states, arguing that all states are either republics or principalities. Principalities can be divided into hereditary principalities and new principalities: new principalities: either completely new, or new additions to existing states. By fortune or strength, a prince can get a new principality with his own army or the arms of another. Even then he has a good chance of regaining it with the smallest mistake done by the usurper. Why maintaining a new principality is harder than to maintain a hereditary one: When a prince takes over another prince"s domain, he is then in a tricky situation because he can"t maintain because he can"t fulfill all of their expectations of life improvement. He can easily prevent further revolt by harshly punishing the rebels and decimating his opposition.
