2nd+Period+-+Machiavelli

=2nd Period - Machiavelli=

By: Brandon S.



Date of birth: May 3, 1469

Location of birth: Florence, Italy

Family background: Was a son of a non-successful lawyer. Married at the age of 32 to a woman named Marietta Corsini. He had 5 children with her.

Date of death: June 22, 1527

Location of death/grave: Florence, Italy Education: Studied Latin under tutors. Most of his education came from books in his own home. He also went to the University of Florence.

Career: Machiavelli was a poet a chancellor, and secretary, a historian, a writer, a statesman, and historiographer,and a lawyer

Legacy: Was a very successful chancellor and secretary was called the father of modern science.His most famous work is a document called THE PRINCE he was well known for it.

Additional/Interesting information: Today the term Machiavellian is a word that means schemer or manipulator.

Sources Cited (Machiavelli – 2nd Period)

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