. "Few books in the history of the world have had a stronger, more lasting, or more errant impact than Machiavelli's The Prince. Over the centuries, the ideal ruler as outlined by Machiavelli has been seen as a ruthless, immoral tyrant, but scholar and political philosopher Philip Bobbitt argues that this is a misunderstanding. He describes The Prince as one half of a masterpiece which, along with Machiavelli's often neglected Discourses, prophesied the end of the feudal era and the birth of the neoclassical Renaissance state. Using both Renaissance examples and cases drawn from our own era, Bobbitt shows Machiavelli's work is both profoundly moral and inherently constitutional, a turning point in our understanding of the relation between war, law, and the state.--From publisher description."@en . . . . . "The Garments of Court and Palace : Machiavelli and the World That He Made"@en . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Machiavelli and the world that he made" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "History" . . "History"@en . . . . "Early works"@en . "The garments of court and palace Machiavelli and the world that he made" . . . . . . . "The garments of court and palace : Machiavelli and the world that he made"@en . . "The garments of court and palace : Machiavelli and the world that he made" . "The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics - and in particular the politics of power - ever written. In Garments of Court and Palace, Philip Bobbitt, a preeminent and original interpreter of modern statecraft, presents a vivid portrait of Machiavelli's Italy and demonstrates how The Prince articulates a new idea of government that emerged during the Renaissance. Bobbitt argues that when The Prince is read alongside."@en . . . . . . "The Garments of Court and Palace Machiavelli and the world that he made"@en . "Baker & Taylor Axis 360." . . . . "Feudalism" . . "Feudalism." . "Political scientists Philosophy." . . "Científicos políticos Filosofía." . . "De vorst (Machiavelli)" . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Reference." . . "1268 - 1559" . . "Kings and rulers Duties." . . "Politische Theorie." . . "Italy / Politics and government / 1268-1559." . . "Political science Early works to 1800." . . "Ciencia política Obras anteriores a 1800." . . "Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)" . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Essays." . . "Reyes y gobernantes Deberes." . . "Feudalism Italy History." . . "Feudalism / Italy / History." . "Italien." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Government National." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical." . . "Italy" . . "Italy." . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Government General." . . "Politics and government." . .