History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy
- Idioma:
- inglés
- Estado:
- Obra completa
- Autoría:
- Escrita por el autor
- Estado del texto:
- Sin ruido de escaneo detectado (medición automática sobre todo el texto, no revisada a mano)
- Extensión:
- ~170.000 palabras · 803 pasajes
Cita esta obra
- APAMaquiavelo. (n.d.). History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy
- MLAMaquiavelo. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
- ChicagoMaquiavelo. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
Referencia de la edición que reproduce SigPhi: SigPhi es su reproducción digital, no el editor. El año de la edición no consta en los metadatos (por eso «n.d.») y el traductor solo aparece cuando consta.
De qué trata
La historia de Florencia que Maquiavelo escribió entre 1520 y 1525, desde los orígenes hasta la muerte de Lorenzo el Magnífico.
Contexto e historia
La situación en que está escrita es lo que la hace singular: se la encargó el cardenal Julio de Médici, futuro papa Clemente VII, es decir la familia que siete años antes lo había hecho detener y torturar cuando volvieron al poder. Maquiavelo necesitaba el trabajo. El resultado es un libro que no miente pero que elige muy bien qué subraya, y leerlo sabiendo quién lo pagaba es parte de leerlo bien. La tesis de fondo es que las divisiones internas de Florencia no fueron un accidente sino su mecanismo.
Contexto editorial, no una fuente citable: a diferencia de los pasajes de la obra, estos datos no se pueden comprobar contra el corpus.
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.…