1512 the Medici family came back to power in Florence, and Machiavelli was dismissed from the chancery, accused of conspiracy, imprisoned, and exiled in thecontado, where in 1513 he wrote the little bookDe principatibus, i.e.,The Prince(published only in 1532, after Machiavelli’s death)....
Il palazzo Machiavelli con la sua storia, e la sua importanza donano all'appartamento il fascino del quindicesimo secolo unito alla bellezza di un’atmosfera elegante e moderna caratterizzato da un'architettura fiorentina risalente al XV secolo situato in via Santo Spirito, nella zona dell’...
One great work that emerged from this era of often tedious controversy wasPaolo Sarpi’sIstoria del Concilio Tridentino(1619;History of the Council of Trent). Sarpi, whose range of interests and accomplishments rivaled those of da Vinci, knew Greek and Hebrew and was able to do extensive hist...