{"product_id":"a-year-with-niccolo-machiavelli","title":"A Year with Niccolò Machiavelli","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\"\u003eA Year with Niccolò Machiavelli: Power, Republics, Conflict \u0026amp; Political Judgement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eSpend a year exploring Niccolò Machiavelli beyond \u003cem data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"149\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e — through the offices, diplomatic missions, military experiments, political crises, books and arguments that shaped one of the most influential political thinkers in European history. This 52-week illustrated experience follows Machiavelli as secretary, diplomat, military organiser, historian, republican thinker and dramatist, placing his ideas back inside the institutions and dangers that gave them meaning. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"562\" data-content-reference-end=\"591\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"682\"\u003eAcross 52 weekly experiences, the journey unfolds through four distinct sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"979\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"724\"\u003eSection I — The Republic as a School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eEnter the Florentine Republic of Machiavelli’s early career, from the fall of Medici rule and Savonarola’s Florence to chancery work, diplomatic missions, Cesare Borgia and the political education of public office. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"934\" data-content-reference-end=\"964\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1273\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1021\"\u003eSection II — Arms and Fragile Orders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003eExplore Machiavelli’s attempts to understand and build political capacity through militias, institutions, diplomacy and war — from France and the Empire to Pisa, Prato and the collapse of the republic he served. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"1221\" data-content-reference-end=\"1251\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1582\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003eSection III — Writing from Exclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1318\"\u003eFollow Machiavelli from dismissal, imprisonment and rural exclusion into the composition of \u003cem data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1422\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e, examining power, fortune, fear, reputation, military force and political necessity without reducing the text to slogans. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"1523\" data-content-reference-end=\"1553\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1584\" data-end=\"1931\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1584\" data-end=\"1633\"\u003eSection IV — Republics, Stages and Afterlives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1636\"\u003eMove beyond princely rule into the \u003cem data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1683\"\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1701\"\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e, comedy, Florentine history and Machiavelli’s political afterlife, exploring liberty, conflict, corruption, religion, adaptation and the many ways later generations have interpreted his work. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"1865\" data-content-reference-end=\"1896\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"2319\"\u003eEach week combines a full-page illustrated opening, a substantial contextual and reflective essay, focused guidance for reading the evidence, three reflection prompts and a dedicated Journal Notes page. 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