... Italian Renaissance being individual achievement, self-gratification and the quest for public appraisal and political power, changes occurred in the nature of politics. People who wanted fame and power in this New World of humanism and self-righteousness had to deserve it. No longer did supreme authority (such as the Pope) appoint officials and leaders. The authority rested in the hands ... of the person willing to take charge. This approach to gaining wealth and power can be described as Machiavellian, named so by the influence of ideologist Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli wrote one of...

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