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Niccolò Machiavelli

Type Figure Region Florence Time 1469–1527 Also known as Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli was a Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist of the Renaissance who long served as the Republic's second secretar…

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  1. 1498–1512Florence · TuscanyMachiavelli served as the Republic's second secretary, handling diplomatic and military correspondence, repeatedly being sent as envoy to France, the Papal Court, and the German states, and helping organize the militia to resist foreign enemies and internal disorder.
  2. 1513–1520Villa Sant'Andrea · TuscanyAfter the Medici restoration of 1512 Machiavelli was dismissed and exiled, retiring to the countryside. There he wrote 'The Prince' and 'Discourses on Livy', analyzing the workings of power, military organization, and republican virtue from historical and contemporary experience, establishing his standing as a political thinker.
  3. 1520–1527Florence · TuscanyAfter 1520 Machiavelli partially regained public office, taking on tasks as historiographer and diplomatic adviser, and wrote the comedy 'Mandragola'. When the Republic changed hands again in 1527 he lost favor once more and died of illness that June.

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