Gisela Bock

Machiavelli and Republicanism

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.

Challenging Dichotomies: Perspectives on Women’s History

Women’s history has come a long way. Some twenty years ago, Gerda Lerner wrote that ‘the striking fact about the historiography of women is the general neglect of the subject by historians’.1 Historical scholarship was far from ‘objective’ or ‘universal’, because it was based on male experience, placed men at the centre and as a measure of all things human, thereby leaving out half of humankind. In the past two decades, the situation has changed considerably. In an enormous (and enormously growing) body of scholarship women have been rendered visible. They have been placed at the centre, and what women do, have to do, and want to do has been re-evaluated in view of social, political and cultural change, of an improvement in women’s situations and, more generally, in terms of a change towards more freedom and justice. More precisely, what has been rendered historically visible by making women a subject of research was, in the first place, their subjection. In the second place, however, it was their subjectivity — because women are not only victims, but also actively shape their own lives, society and history.

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Acknowledgements

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Index

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.

Machiavelli and Republicanism: MACHIAVELLI AND THE REPUBLICAN EXPERIENCE

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Contents

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.