Niccolo Machiavelli

His life spanned the greatest period of cultural achievement in Florence to its ultimate downfall. This period was marked by semipolitical instability, fear, invasion, intrigue, and richly cultural achievement as the tiny states of Italy, including the Papal States, were pulled into the authorities and wars of Europe by the immense gravity of two gravid states, Spain and France. His life began at the very start of this process: in 1469, when Ferdinand and Isabella married and through this marriage created a new, large soil of Spain composed of Castile and Aragon, Machiavelli was born to a wealthy Florentine lawyer. In his lifetime, he would see the efflorescence of Florentine culture and political power under the brilliant political genius of Lorenzo deMedici. He would also see the twilight of the Medici power as Lorenzos male child and successor, Piero deMedici, was thrown and twisted from power by the Dominican monk, Savonarola, who set up a true Florentine Republic. When Savonarola, fanatic about reform, was himself thrown from power and burned, a second Republic was set up under Soderini in 1498. Machiavelli was the secretary of this new Republic, an important and bossy position. The Republic, however, was crushed in 1512 by the Spanish who installed the Medicis as rulers of Florence at one time again.

   It seems that Machiavelli really had no political commitments or political disaster: he seems to have been on nobodys side politically. For when the Medici came to power, he began to work overtime to get in good with them. It seems that all he was ruthlessly ambitious or believed in percentage in government no matter what political throng or party was in charge. The Medici, however, never fully swear him since he had been an important official in the Republic. They imprisoned and hagridden him in 1513 and eventually banished him to his country estate at San Casciano (all this deformation and imprisonment, however, didnt stop him from trying to get in good with the Medicis). It was... If you regard to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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