Machiavellian Encounters in Tudor and Stuart England : Literary and Political Influences from the Reformation to the Restoration

Language: English

Published by Ashgate, Farnham, 2013

1409436721 / 9781409436720

Series: Book 6 of 24 - Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies

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An excellent copy. Dust jacket is fully intact. Ownership inscription on first inside page. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Publisher's note: Taking into consideration the political and literary issues hanging upon the circulation of Machiavelli's works in England, this volume highlights how topics and ideas stemming from Machiavelli's books - including but not limited to the Prince - strongly influenced the contemporary political debate. The first section discusses early reactions to Machiavelli's works, focusing on authors such as Reginald Pole and William Thomas, depicting their complex interaction with Machiavelli. In section two, different features of Machiavelli's reading in Tudor literary and political culture are discussed, moving well beyond the traditional image of the tyrant or of the evil Machiavel. Machiavelli's historiography and republicanism and their influences on Tudor culture are discussed with reference to topical authors such as Walter Raleigh, Alberico Gentili, Philip Sidney; his role in contemporary dramatic writing, especially as concerns Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, is taken into consideration. The last section explores Machiavelli's influence on English political culture in the seventeenth century, focusing on reason of state and political prudence, and discussing writers such as Henry Parker, Marchamont Nedham, James Harrington, Thomas Hobbes and Anthony Ascham. Overall, contributors put Machiavelli's image in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England into perspective, analyzing his role within courtly and prudential politics, and the importance of his ideological proposal in the tradition of republicanism and parliamentarianism. Size: 24.1 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm. xii, 204 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 1409436721. ISBN/EAN: 9781409436720. Add. Inventory No: 251011REB0134837. …

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Title
Machiavellian Encounters in Tudor and Stuart England : Literary and Political Influences from the Reformation to the Restoration
Author
Alessandro Arienzo (Editor); Alessandra Petrina (Editor)
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Ashgate, Farnham
Publication year
2013
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English
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Book 6 of 24: Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
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