MACHIAVELLI AND EMPIRE

"Mikael Hornquist challenges us to rethink the overall meaning and importance of Machiavelli's political thinking. Machiavelli and Empire combines close textual analysis of The Prince and The Discourses with a broad historical approach, to establish the importance of empire-building and imperial strategy in Machiavelli's thought. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Renaissance, and of the history of European ideas."--Jacket.