Machiavelli by Miles J. Unger

Author:Miles J. Unger
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

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i The most serious of these were the revolt of 1466 against Piero and the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478, both led by disgruntled members of the ruling class.

ii This final punishment was never enforced since his successors in the Chancery frequently had to suspend the ban in order to consult with him on issues that had been left uncompleted on his desk.

iii Machiavelli’s house and the village of Sant’ Andrea in Percussina still survive much as they were. The house itself, along the road that was once the main thoroughfare through southern Tuscany, leading to the rival city of Siena, is a comfortable but rustic building of stone. It remains as it did in Machiavelli’s day surrounded by grapevines and olive trees from which the master of the house made wine, vinegar, and olive oil, both for his own use and to sell in order to supplement his meager income.

iv Andrea Dazzi, a popular but second-rate literary figure.

v The letter to Vettori in which he announces “this little study of mine” was written in December 1513, but he indicated it was already nearly complete, which means he must have begun it shortly after his release from prison.

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