Machiavelli

The Chief Works and Others, Vol. I

Autor: Gilbert, Allan; Machiavelli, Nicollò di Bernado dei
Editor: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822309208
eISBN Pdf: 9780822381570
Lloc de publicació: Durham , United States
Any de publicació digital: 2013
Mes: Juliol
Pàgines: 542
Idioma: Anglés

Descripció

From praise for the 1965 edition:

Allan Gilbert is unquestionably the most accurate and reliable translator of Machiavelli into English; the publication of this edition is an altogether happy occasion. Students of the history of political thought owe a particular debt of gratitude to Allan Gilbert.”—Dante Germino, The Journal of Politics

“A most remarkable achievement.”—Felix Gilbert, Renaissance Quarterly

TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
PREFACE
- The Translation
- The Works Included
- The Notes and Index
TEXTS USED IN TRANSLATlNG
A PROVISION FOR INFANTRY (a selection)
THE PRINCE
- A PASTORAL: THE IDEAL RULER
- A DISCOURSE ON REMODELING THE GOVERNMENT OF FLORENCE
- ADVICE TO RAFFAELLO GIROLAMI WHEN HE WENT AS AMBASSADOR TO THE EMPEROR
- THE LEGATIONS (Parts of dispatches dealing with Cesare Borgia)
- ON THE METHOD OF DEALING WITH THE REBELLIOUS PEOPLES OF THE VALDICHIANA (a selection)
- A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD USED BY DUKE VALENTINO IN KILLING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, AND OTHERS [AT SINIGAGLIA]
- AN EXHORTATION TO PENITENCE
DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF TITUS LIVIUS
- BOOK 1
- BOOK 2
- BOOK 3