Politics, patriotism and language Niccolò Machiavelli's "secular patria" and the creation of an Italian national identity
"Niccolo Machiavelli may not have been a cynical realist as he is often portrayed. On the contrary, this book argues that he precociously possessed the characteristics of an impassioned, sometimes misguided idealist, obsessed with the idea of Italian unification, but blinded to the practicaliti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Peter Lang
c2005.
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| Series: | Studies in modern European history ;
v. 57. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422398306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Patria in the context of Niccolo Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi
- Ch. 2. Machiavelli's Secular Patria : his sources, a contemporary's view and the call for Italian unification
- Ch. 3. The secretary and the citizen army : theory and practice
- Ch. 4. Machiavelli's road to exile
- Ch. 5. Niccolo Machiavelli, author of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua?
- Ch. 6. The date of the Dialogo and of Machiavelli's Exhortatio in Il Principe
- Ch. 7. A new translation of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua
- App. 1. Supplement to chapter one : occurrences of Patria in Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi.
