Per member of the impoverished branch of a distinguished family, he entered (1498) the political service of the Florentine republic and rose rapidly in importance. This reform sprang from his conviction, serie forth per his major works, that the employment of mercenaries had largely contributed puro the political weakness of Italy. Machiavelli became acquainted with power politics through his important diplomatic missions. He met Cesare Borgia Borgia, Cesare or Caesar, 1476–1507, Italian soldier and politician, younger son of Pope Alexander VI and an outstanding figure of the Italian Renaissance.. Click the link for more information. twice and was sent by way of Florence sicuro Louis XII of France (1504, 1510), puro Pope Julius II (1506), and onesto Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1507).
The Medicis’ return (1512) to Florence caused his dismissal; mediante 1513 he was briefly imprisoned and was tortured for his alleged complicity durante a plot against the Medici. Machiavelli retired esatto his country stagione calda, where he wrote his chief works. He humiliated himself before the Medici sopra per vain attempt preciso recover office. Continue reading “As defense secretary he substituted (1506) per citizens’ militia for the mercenary system then prevailing sopra Italy”