Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Politics and History in Sixteenth Century Florence

by Felix Gilbert

Book Overview

In Felix Gilbert's skilled analysis, the figures of Niccolo Machiavelli, whose writing changed the way people think about politics, and Francesco Guicciardini, whose History of Italy is one of the first classics of modern historical writing, provide important clues to interpreting the Renaissance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393301230
• ISBN13: 9780393301236
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"