History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy
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- Englisch
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- Vollständiges Werk
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- APAMachiavelli. (n.d.). History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy
- MLAMachiavelli. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/de/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
- ChicagoMachiavelli. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
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Wovon es handelt
Die Geschichte von Florenz, die Machiavelli zwischen 1520 und 1525 schrieb, von den Anfängen bis zum Tod Lorenzos des Prächtigen.
Kontext und Geschichte
Die Umstände der Entstehung machen ihre Eigenart aus: Sie wurde von Kardinal Giulio de' Medici, dem späteren Papst Clemens VII., in Auftrag gegeben — also von der Familie, die ihn sieben Jahre zuvor bei ihrer Rückkehr an die Macht hatte verhaften und foltern lassen. Machiavelli brauchte die Arbeit. Das Ergebnis ist ein Buch, das nicht lügt, aber sehr genau wählt, was es hervorhebt; es zu lesen und dabei zu wissen, wer zahlte, gehört zum guten Lesen. Die zugrunde liegende These lautet, die inneren Spaltungen von Florenz seien kein Zufall gewesen, sondern sein Getriebe.
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a course which diminished his own power, and increased that of the barbarians. Nor was the island of Britain, which is now called England, secure from them; for the Britons, being apprehensive of those who had occupied Gaul, called the Angli, a people of Germany, to their aid; and these under Vortigern their king, first defended, and then drove them from the island, of which they took possession, and after themselves named the country England. But the inhabitants, being robbed of their home, became desperate by necessity and resolved to take possession of some other country, although they had been unable to defend their own. They therefore crossed the sea with their families, and settled in the country nearest to the beach, which from themselves is called Brittany. The Huns, who were said above to have occupied Pannonia, joining with other nations, as the Zepidi, Eurili, Turingi, and Ostro, or eastern Goths, moved in search of new countries, and not being able to enter France, which was defended by the forces of the barbarians, came into Italy under Attila their king. He, a short time previously, in order to possess the entire monarchy, had murdered his brother Bleda; and having thus become very powerful, Andaric, king of the Zepidi, and Velamir, king of the Ostrogoths, became subject to him. Attila, having entered Italy, laid siege to Aquileia, where he remained without any obstacle for two years, wasting the country round, and dispersing the inhabitants. This, as will be related in its place, caused the origin of Venice. After the taking and ruin of Aquileia, he directed his course towards Rome, from the destruction of which he abstained at the entreaty of the pontiff, his respect for whom was so great that he left Italy and retired into Austria, where he died.…