He had the qualities of a prince, which is something that he wrote about in one of his many works, entitled The Prince. ... Machiavelli believed that a prince should be well versed in war. ... Another quality that Machiavelli refers to in The Prince is generosity. ... Machiavelli possesses all the qualities that he laid out in The Prince. ... (Hale xi) Machiavelli truly had the qualities of a prince. ...

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The Renaissance From the 14th Century onwards there were many advances and developments made in Science medicene and art. The renaissance began in Italy spreading and influencing other parts of Europe, reaching England by about 1500. People looked towards Italy as the centre of new learning. People...

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My first experience in Italian studies was The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince, he describes what men really do and shows what human nature is truly like. ... The Prince is a work that describes how to manage the land and its people. ...

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Humanism is going back to the classics. Humanism isn't just the study of Literature and Philosophy it also includes many other aspects such as architecture and music. Anything that is studying "classic works" to extend human knowledge is considered Humanist. Humanists studied ancient things so t...

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Raphael Raphael was born Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santiin Urbino on April 6, 1483. Raphael was the son of Giovanni Sanzio and Magia di Battista Ciarla; his mother died in 1491. His father was, according to the 16th century artist and biographer Giorgia Vasari, a painter "of no grea...

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It is important to keep in mind that "Armarcord" translates to "I remember." This film is a look at Fellini's youth through his own point of view. The very title tells us that he will not be an objective storyteller-what we see is what Fellini saw. Granted, this is a fictional film, and with Fell...

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LEONARDO DA VINCI In the fifteenth century, Italy was not the unified country we know today. At that time the boot-shaped peninsula was divided into many small independent states. Naples in the south was ruled by a series of kings. Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. ...

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