Major Works
Discourses on Livy
- Recommended Translation: Discourses on Livy, trans. Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. and Nathan Tarcov. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Originally published in 1531.The translation of Discourses on Livy by Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. and Nathan Tarcov (1996) is widely praised for its scholarly rigor and ability to faithfully convey the complexity of Machiavelli’s ideas. Mansfield and Tarcov’s deep expertise in political… More
Other Works
The Chief Works, and Others
- Recommended Translation: The Chief Works and Others, trans. Allan H. Gilbert. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1965 (3 vols.)
Commentary
Studi sul linguaggio del Machiavelli
- Fredi Chiappelli. Studi sul linguaggio del Machiavelli. Florence: Le Monnier, 1952.“Niccolò Machiavelli”
- Leo Strauss. "Niccolò Machiavelli." In History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.In the essay “Niccolò Machiavelli,” included in the third edition of History of Political Philosophy (1987), editor Leo Strauss offers a profound analysis of Machiavelli’s political theories. Strauss examines Machiavelli’s departure… MoreMachiavelli and Republicanism by Bock, Skinner, and Viroli
- Bock, Gisela, Quentin Skinner, and Maurizio Viroli, eds. Machiavelli and Republicanism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.From the publisher: This highly acclaimed volume brings together some of the world’s foremost historians of ideas to consider Machiavelli’s political thought in the larger context of the European republican tradition, and the image of Machiavelli… MoreMachiavelli and the Discourse of Literature
- A. R. Ascoli and Victoria Kahn, eds. Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993.
Multimedia
How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?
- "How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?," lecture delivered by Quentin Skinner at the University of York, 2013.