A bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance--from Petrarch to Machiavelli--that reveals the all-important role of character in shaping society, both in citizens and in their leaders.
Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over t.
Everywhere they saw problems.
Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society.
A bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance--from Petrarch to Machiavelli--that reveals the all-important role of character in shaping society, both in citizens and in their leaders