03340oam 22005294a 450 991034512900332120230828233422.00-8204-8105-X(CKB)1000000000453983(MH)009694292-4(SSID)ssj0000224206(PQKBManifestationID)12032112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224206(PQKBWorkID)10206306(PQKB)10074583(EXLCZ)99100000000045398320040123d2005 uy 0engtxtccrPolitics, patriotism and language Niccolò Machiavelli's "secular patria" and the creation of an Italian national identity /William J. LandonNew York Peter Langc20051 online resource (xiv, 300 p. )ill. ;Studies in modern European history ;vol. 57Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8204-7275-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-293) and index.Ch. 1.Patria in the context of Niccolo Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi --Ch. 2.Machiavelli's Secular Patria : his sources, a contemporary's view and the call for Italian unification --Ch. 3.The secretary and the citizen army : theory and practice --Ch. 4.Machiavelli's road to exile --Ch. 5.Niccolo Machiavelli, author of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua? --Ch. 6.The date of the Dialogo and of Machiavelli's Exhortatio in Il Principe --Ch. 7.A new translation of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua --App. 1.Supplement to chapter one : occurrences of Patria in Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi."Niccolo Machiavelli may not have been a cynical realist as he is often portrayed. On the contrary, this book argues that he precociously possessed the characteristics of an impassioned, sometimes misguided idealist, obsessed with the idea of Italian unification, but blinded to the practicalities of attaining that goal. William J. Landon suggests that these characteristics may help to explain his appeal to Italy's "Risorgimento" founders. This interdisciplinary volume, which also contains the first translation of a "Discourse or Dialogue Concerning our Language" since 1961, works well as a core text, or as a complement to courses in Renaissance history, literature or political science."--Jacket.Studies in modern European history ;v. 57.NationalismItalyHistoryPolitical scienceItalyPhilosophyHistoryTo 1500History.fastNationalismHistory.Political sciencePhilosophyHistory320.1Landon William J.1974-920545Machiavelli Niccolò1469-1527.330797DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910345129003321Politics, patriotism and language2064657UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress