Jurdjevic, Mark. <br/><br/>
A Great and Wretched City :  Promise and Failure in Machiavelli's Florentine Political Thought. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (306 pages) 
 - I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series ;  v.13 .
 - I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Florentine Question -- 1. The Savonarolan Lens -- 2. Roman Doubts -- 3. Nobles and Noble Culture in the Florentine Histories -- 4. A New View of the People -- 5. The Albizzi Regime in the Florentine Histories -- 6. The Virtues and Vices of Medici Power in the Florentine Histories -- 7. The Failure of Florentine Institutions -- Conclusion: Machiavelli's Republican Realism -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674368996 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Machiavelli, Niccolò,-1469-1527.-Istorie fiorentine.<br/>Machiavelli, Niccolò,-1469-1527-Political and social views.<br/>Republicanism-Italy-Florence-History.<br/>Florence (Italy)-Politics and government-1421-1737.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG736 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>945.506