Commentary

• Machiavelli and the Renaissance

  - Federico Chabod. Machiavelli and the Renaissance. Translated by David Moore. London: Bowes and Bowes, 1958.

• Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy

  - J. R. Hale. Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy. London: English Universities Press, 1960.

• Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought

  - Martin Fleisher, ed. Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought. New York: Atheneum, 1972.

• The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli’s Philosophy

  - Anthony Parel, ed. The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli's Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.

• “The Originality of Machiavelli”

  - Isaiah Berlin. "The Originality of Machiavelli." In Against the Current, 25-79. New York: Viking Press, 1980.

• “How Original Is Machiavelli?”

  - W. R. Newell. "How Original Is Machiavelli?" Political Theory 15 (1987): 612-34.

• “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… More

• Machiavel et les tyrannies modernes

  - Raymond Aron. Machiavel et les tyrannies modernes. Paris: Fallois, 1993.

• Machiavellian Rhetoric: From the Counter-Reformation to Milton

  - Victoria Kahn. Machiavellian Rhetoric: From the Counter-Reformation to Milton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.

• Machiavelli’s God

  - Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli's God. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Originally published as Il Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia (Rome: Laterza, 2005).

• “The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli’s ‘Arte della Guerra’: Reforming Ancient Matter”

  - Christopher Lynch. "The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli's 'Arte della Guerra': Reforming Ancient Matter." History of Political Thought 31, no. 3 (2010): 407-25.

Multimedia

• Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?

  - "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Program on Constitutional Government Panel, Ioannis Evrigenis (Tufts); Christopher Lynch (Carthage); Harvey Mansfield (Harvard); Waller Newell (Carleton)   Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,  September 19, 2013.
  In September, 2013, the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University sponsored a conference on Machiavelli–timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s Prince. There were four panels in total.  Panel 1 features… More

• Harvey Mansfield on Niccolò Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity

  - Conversations with Bill Kristol, Dec. 2015.
  Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield explains why we should consider Machiavelli not only the founder of modern politics but also a founder of modern science and economics. What was the character of Machiavelli’s critique of Christian morality? Why did he… More