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Overview
The Discourses reveal Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics, a vision of 'new modes and orders' that continue to shape the modern ethos. This authoritative edition will surely become an invaluable resource as well as an impetus to wider study of this classic text.Synopsis
Discourses on Livy (1531) demonstrates Machiavelli's fundamental preference for the republicanism of ancient Rome. In an age when political absolutism was increasingly the norm, Machiavelli's republican theories would become a dangerous ideology, and his works were placed on the Index of Prohibited Works in 1559. This new translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy.