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An important new interpretation of Machiavelli's political thinking, appearing in English for the first time. Constituting Freedom focuses on the question at the heart of Machiavelli's thinking, that is 'in what mode a free state, if there is one, can be maintained in corrupt cities; or, if there is not, in what mode to order it?' The book analyses the different solutions thought up by Machiavelli, starting from the hypothesis of the 'civil principality', the definition of the republican ' civil and free way of life' and the examination of the history of the Florentine institutions, to two short writings during the years 1520-1522, the Discursus florentinarum rerum and the Minuta di provisione per la riforma dello Stato di Firenze, in which Machiavelli explored publicly, for the first time, his projects to bring back the republican freedom in Florence after the fall of the first Republic of the City and the Medici's return. The book's main argument is that Machiavelli was always a committed republican, even when he worked for the Medici, and even though he believed that the city's constitution needed to change after the fall of Soderini. In the Discursus and in the Minuta Machiavelli proposed a constitution in which the 'humours' were forced to mix themselves with one another so as to be obliged to generate a new form of 'equality', which according to Machiavelli is the main characteristic of a free, just, and stable republic. The aim was not to obtain equilibrium among parts of the city leaving them unaltered, but to mix them. Only in this way could Florence return to being free.

Political science --- History --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government --- Liberty --- Political science - Italy - History - 16th century --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, - 1469-1527 --- Florence (Italy) - Politics and government - 1421-1737

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What do modern republics have to fear? Machiavelli's Florentine Republic reconstructs Machiavelli's answer to this question from the perspective of the Florentine Histories, his most probing meditation on the fate of republican politics in the modern age. It argues that his principle goal in narrating the defeat of Florentine republicanism is to debunk the views of leading humanists concerning the overall health of republican politics in modernity and the distinctive challenges that modern republics should expect to face. The Medici family had exposed these vulnerabilities better than anyone else, and Machiavelli reconstructs their political strategy to show how conventional ideas of moral and political virtue are the most potent instruments of princely ambition in a city that wants to be free.

Republicanism --- Political science --- History --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government --- Republicanism - Italy - Florence - History - 16th century --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, - 1469-1527. - Istorie fiorentine --- Florence (Italy) - Politics and government - 1421-1737

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History of Italy --- anno 1400-1499 --- Florence --- Exile (Punishment) --- Bannissement --- History. --- Histoire --- Florence (Italy) --- Florence (Italie) --- Politics and government --- Administration --- Politique et gouvernement --- Exiles --- Citizenship --- History --- Italy --- To 1500 --- Jusqu'à 1421 --- 1421-1737 --- Exile (Punishment) - Italy - Florence - History - To 1500. --- Exiles - Italy - Florence - History - To 1500. --- Citizenship - Italy - Florence - History - To 1500. --- Florence (Italy) - Politics and government - To 1421. --- 14e siècle --- 15e siècle

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Statesmen --- Intellectuals --- Hommes d'Etat --- Intellectuels --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Biographie --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Florence (Italy) --- Florence (Italie) --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Statesmen - Italy - Florence - Biography --- Intellectuals - Italy - Florence - Biography --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, - 1469-1527 --- Florence (Italy) - Politics and government - 1421-1737