The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca | work by Machiavelli | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  In Niccolò Machiavelli: Early life and political career
  …government and to compose his The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca (1520; La vita di Castruccio Castracani da Lucca). Later that year the cardinal agreed to have Machiavelli elected official historian of the republic, a post to which he was appointed in November 1520 with a salary of 57…
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  In Niccolò Machiavelli: The Art of War and other writings of Niccolò Machiavelli
  …lesser writings, two deserve mention: The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca (1520) and The Mandrake (1518; La Mandragola). The former is a sketch of Castruccio Castracani (1281–1328), the Ghibelline ruler of Lucca (a city near Florence), who is presented as the greatest man of postclassical times. It concludes with…
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