Histoire de Florence
- Langue:
- anglais
- État:
- Œuvre complète
- Paternité:
- Écrite par l'auteur
- État du texte:
- Aucun bruit de numérisation détecté (mesure automatique sur tout le texte, non vérifiée à la main)
- Étendue:
- ~170 000 mots · 803 passages
Citer cette œuvre
- APAMachiavel. (n.d.). History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy [Histoire de Florence]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy
- MLAMachiavel. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy [Histoire de Florence]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
- ChicagoMachiavel. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy [Histoire de Florence]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/machiavelli/history-of-florence-and-of-the-affairs-of-italy.
Référence de l'édition que reproduit SigPhi : SigPhi en est la reproduction numérique, pas l'éditeur. L'année de l'édition ne figure pas dans les métadonnées (d'où « n.d. ») et le traducteur n'apparaît que lorsqu'il est connu.
De quoi il s'agit
L'histoire de Florence que Machiavel écrivit entre 1520 et 1525, des origines à la mort de Laurent le Magnifique.
Contexte et histoire
La situation où elle fut écrite en fait la singularité : elle lui fut commandée par le cardinal Jules de Médicis, futur pape Clément VII, c'est-à-dire par la famille qui, sept ans plus tôt, l'avait fait arrêter et torturer à son retour au pouvoir. Machiavel avait besoin du travail. Il en résulte un livre qui ne ment pas mais choisit très bien ce qu'il souligne ; le lire en sachant qui payait fait partie de le bien lire. La thèse de fond est que les divisions internes de Florence ne furent pas un accident mais son mécanisme.
Contexte éditorial, non une source citable : contrairement aux passages de l'œuvre, ces données ne peuvent pas être vérifiées dans le 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.…