Tag: Castruccio Castracani
Major Works
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- Machiavelli, Niccolò. The Life of Castruccio Castracani. Translated by Andrew Brown. Richmond, UK: Alma Classics, 2019.
From the publisher: Rising from humble beginnings as a foundling, Castruccio Castracani came to prominence as one of the most powerful and shrewd warlords in Italy. Indeed, Machiavelli argues, so great was his vigour and charisma that – had he not been…
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Commentary
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- Catherine Zuckert. "'The Life of Castruccio Castracani': Machiavelli as Literary Artist, Historian, Teacher and Philosopher." History of Political Thought 31, no. 4 (2010): 577-603.