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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Anglo-Italian Renaissance studies
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Anglo-Italian Renaissance studies series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Introducing Machiavelli in Tudor andStuart England; 1 Reginald Pole and the Reception ofthe Principe in Henrician England; 2 Stolen Words to Train a Boy King:William Thomas Translates Machiavelli; 3 Machiavelli in The Quintesence of Witand his English Military Readers; 4 Sir Walter Raleigh's Machiavelli; 5 Machiavellianism in ChristopherMarlowe's The Jew of Malta; 6 When Pretence Rules over Essence: Shakespeare's Bastard in King John; 7 Henry V and the Just War: Shakespeare, Gentili and Machiavelli. |
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8 Republicanism and Religious Dissent: Machiavelli and the Italian Protestant Reformers9 From Machiavellian Policy to Parliamentary Reason of State; 10 Order, Conflict and Liberty:Machiavellianism in English Political Thought, 1649-1660; 11 Machiavelli's Discorsi and Hobbes'sLeviathan: Religion as Ideology; Epilogue: Was England Different?; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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 contemporary political debate. Overall, contributors put Machiavelli's image in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England into perspective, analysing his role and influence within courtly and prudential politics. |
| Local Note |
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Influence.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. |
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Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Political science. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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1500-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Arienzo, Alessandro.
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Petrina, Alessandra.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arienzo, Alessandro. Machiavellian Encounters in Tudor and Stuart England : Literary and Political Influences from the Reformation to the Restoration. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2013 9781409436720 |
| ISBN |
9781409436737 (electronic book) |
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140943673X (electronic book) |
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