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Taking into consideration the political and literary issues hanging
upon the circulation of Machiavelli's works in England, this volume
highlights how topics and ideas stemming from Machiavelli's books -
including but not limited to the Prince - strongly influenced the
contemporary political debate. The first section discusses early
reactions to Machiavelli's works, focusing on authors such as
Reginald Pole and William Thomas, depicting their complex
interaction with Machiavelli. In section two, different features of
Machiavelli's reading in Tudor literary and political culture are
discussed, moving well beyond the traditional image of the tyrant
or of the evil Machiavel. Machiavelli's historiography and
republicanism and their influences on Tudor culture are discussed
with reference to topical authors such as Walter Raleigh, Alberico
Gentili, Philip Sidney; his role in contemporary dramatic writing,
especially as concerns Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare,
is taken into consideration. The last section explores
Machiavelli's influence on English political culture in the
seventeenth century, focusing on reason of state and political
prudence, and discussing writers such as Henry Parker, Marchamont
Nedham, James Harrington, Thomas Hobbes and Anthony Ascham.
Overall, contributors put Machiavelli's image in sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century England into perspective, analyzing his role
within courtly and prudential politics, and the importance of his
ideological proposal in the tradition of republicanism and
parliamentarianism.
Taking into consideration the political and literary issues hanging
upon the circulation of Machiavelli's works in England, this volume
highlights how topics and ideas stemming from Machiavelli's books -
including but not limited to the Prince - strongly influenced the
contemporary political debate. The first section discusses early
reactions to Machiavelli's works, focusing on authors such as
Reginald Pole and William Thomas, depicting their complex
interaction with Machiavelli. In section two, different features of
Machiavelli's reading in Tudor literary and political culture are
discussed, moving well beyond the traditional image of the tyrant
or of the evil Machiavel. Machiavelli's historiography and
republicanism and their influences on Tudor culture are discussed
with reference to topical authors such as Walter Raleigh, Alberico
Gentili, Philip Sidney; his role in contemporary dramatic writing,
especially as concerns Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare,
is taken into consideration. The last section explores
Machiavelli's influence on English political culture in the
seventeenth century, focusing on reason of state and political
prudence, and discussing writers such as Henry Parker, Marchamont
Nedham, James Harrington, Thomas Hobbes and Anthony Ascham.
Overall, contributors put Machiavelli's image in sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century England into perspective, analyzing his role
within courtly and prudential politics, and the importance of his
ideological proposal in the tradition of republicanism and
parliamentarianism.
Machiavelli in the British Isles reassesses the impact of
Machiavelli's The Prince in sixteenth-century England and Scotland
through the analysis of early English translations produced before
1640, surviving in manuscript form. This study concentrates on two
of the four extant sixteenth-century versions: William Fowler's
Scottish translation and the Queen's College (Oxford) English
translation, which has been hitherto overlooked by scholars.
Alessandra Petrina begins with an overview of the circulation and
readership of Machiavelli in early modern Britain before focusing
on the eight surviving manuscripts. She reconstructs each
manuscript's history and the afterlife of the translations before
moving to a detailed examination of two of the translations.
Petrina's investigation of William Fowler's translation takes into
account his biography, in order to understand the Machiavellian
influence on early modern political thought. Her study of the
Queen's College translation analyses the manuscript's provenance as
well as technical details including writing and paper quality.
Importantly, this book includes annotated editions of both
translations, which compare the texts with the original Italian
versions as well as French and Latin versions. With this volume
Petrina has compiled an important reference source, offering easy
access to little-known translations and shedding light on a
community of readers and scholars who were fascinated by
Machiavelli, despite political or religious opinion.
Machiavelli in the British Isles reassesses the impact of
Machiavelli's The Prince in sixteenth-century England and Scotland
through the analysis of early English translations produced before
1640, surviving in manuscript form. This study concentrates on two
of the four extant sixteenth-century versions: William Fowler's
Scottish translation and the Queen's College (Oxford) English
translation, which has been hitherto overlooked by scholars.
Alessandra Petrina begins with an overview of the circulation and
readership of Machiavelli in early modern Britain before focusing
on the eight surviving manuscripts. She reconstructs each
manuscript's history and the afterlife of the translations before
moving to a detailed examination of two of the translations.
Petrina's investigation of William Fowler's translation takes into
account his biography, in order to understand the Machiavellian
influence on early modern political thought. Her study of the
Queen's College translation analyses the manuscript's provenance as
well as technical details including writing and paper quality.
Importantly, this book includes annotated editions of both
translations, which compare the texts with the original Italian
versions as well as French and Latin versions. With this volume
Petrina has compiled an important reference source, offering easy
access to little-known translations and shedding light on a
community of readers and scholars who were fascinated by
Machiavelli, despite political or religious opinion.
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