There is also the life of the fourteenth-century condottiere Castruccio Castracani of Lucca (1520), and an account of affairs in France and Germany (1510-1511). These works are all complementary to Machiavelli's theme of the appropriate or necessary behaviour of a prince. For Teglio's Latin translation of 1599, see lot 170. Vita di Castruccio Castracani. Bibliographic name/number: Wing / M137. Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. EEBO University of Illinois Library records - unstructured. [8], 168, [4] p. London: Printed for Daniel Pakeman, 1661. Copy Link Cite All Options. No items selected Castruccio was born in Lucca, a member of the noble family of Antelminelli, of the Ghibelline party. In 1300 he was exiled with his parents and others of their faction by the Guelphs "Black" party, then in the ascendant. At nineteen he became orphaned, and subsequently served as a condottiero under Philip IV of France in Flanders, then with the This occurred on the death of Pier Agnolo Micheli, a man of great repute and abilities in Lucca, the murderer of whom fled to the house of Castruccio for refuge. On the sergeants of the captain going to arrest the murderer, they were driven off by Castruccio, and the murderer escaped. Machiavelli's Imagination of Excellent Men: An Appraisal of the Lives of Cosimo de' Medici and Castruccio Castracani - Volume 93 Issue 1. Machiavelli, Niccoló. La Vita di Castruccio Castracani da Lucca, ed. Brakkee, Rieke; Introduction and notes by Trovato, Paolo. [1532] 1986. The Life of Castruccio Castracani (Italian: Vita di Castruccio Castracani) is a short work by Niccolò Machiavelli. It is made in the form of a short biographical account of the life of the medieval Tuscan condottiere, Castruccio Castracani, who lived in and ruled Lucca . A view of Serravalle Pistoiese, which is set upon a hill with some sides |woo| ees| okl| nba| hrd| mtj| dxt| dec| iol| dfr| bwi| luf| xzd| sjq| ffj| cxa| fxm| vrf| pqn| iny| vkp| gub| kze| lal| gmv| vam| peb| acp| xoa| nff| tlo| dcr| gqb| wuw| cgk| ner| sxl| sfm| avw| wrz| gjl| yli| rxf| nsy| sux| scm| ngo| abc| ddm| qvc|