Machiavelli, Niccolò

Machiavelli, Niccolò nēk-kōlôˈ mäkyävĕlˈlē [key], 1469–1527, Italian author and statesman, one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance, b. Florence.

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• Introduction
• Principal Writings
• Life
• Bibliography

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