This book studies the intersection of sacred and secular conceptions of kingship in the Renaissance. The book documents in detail six instances of the attempt to connect Machiavelli's thought to an ancient and secret tradition of political counsel, the arcana imperii, or mysteries of state. The ways in which Renaissance writers attempted such a connection varied widely. In addition to carefully analyzing these arguments, the book documents patterns in their dissemination. Through his connection with mysteries of state, Machiavelli influenced not only Renaissance political ideas, but the transmission of these ideas. Machiavellian politics was a secret art; its vehicles, frequently secret books; and its authors and readers, sharers in a mystery.
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"I definitely recommend this book, not only to the scholarly specialist in the history of ideas, literature and political thought but to anyone who at some time has been intrigued by Machiavelli and the Machiavellian tradition." Times Higher Education Supplement
"Donaldson is straightforward, easy to use as reference, but still sophisticated in his thesis and presentation....Donaldson's work remains an attractive interpretation of Machiavelli's impact on the secular and sacred view of kingship in western Europe." Canadian Journal of History
"Donaldson is straightforward, easy to use as reference, but still sophisticated in his thesis and presentation....Donaldson's work remains an attractive interpretation of Machiavelli's impact on the secular and sacred view of kingship in western Europe." Canadian Journal of History
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Six instances of the attempt to connect Machiavelli's thought to an ancient and secret tradition of political counsel, the arcana imperii, or mysteries of state, are documented in this study of the intersection of sacred and secular conceptions of kingship in the Renaissance.
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In the Apologia ad Carolum Quintum (1539) Reginald Pole claimed to know, on the basis of a conversation with Thomas Cromwell some ten years earlier and subsequent inquiry into Cromwell's views, that Machiavelli's II Principe had been the inspiration behind Henry VIII's decision to break with Rome, declare himself head of the church, and seize the property of the English monasteries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iura dominationis, entrare nel male, political arcana, humanae legis, surreptitious printing, term arcana, regnandi peritia, arcana imperii, mysterium iniquitatis, arcana imperil, sur les coups, esprit fort, sacred kingship, secret manual, false imprint, imitatio dei, marriage treaty, biblical sanction, new prince Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Dyke, John Wolfe, Privy Council, Stephen Gardiner, Reginald Pole, William Thomas, Old Testament, Louis Machon, New Testament, Thomas Cromwell, Arnold Clapmar, Philip of Spain, Cardinal Pole, Most High, Alberico Gentili, Last Days, New York, Antonio D'Andrea, Bishop Gardiner, Calendar of State Papers, Elizabethan Book Pirates, Innocent Gentillet, Johannes Clapmar, Martin Marprelate, Renascence Portraits New!
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In the Apologia ad Carolum Quintum (1539) Reginald Pole claimed to know, on the basis of a conversation with Thomas Cromwell some ten years earlier and subsequent inquiry into Cromwell's views, that Machiavelli's II Principe had been the inspiration behind Henry VIII's decision to break with Rome, declare himself head of the church, and seize the property of the English monasteries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iura dominationis, entrare nel male, political arcana, humanae legis, surreptitious printing, term arcana, regnandi peritia, arcana imperii, mysterium iniquitatis, arcana imperil, sur les coups, esprit fort, sacred kingship, secret manual, false imprint, imitatio dei, marriage treaty, biblical sanction, new prince Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Dyke, John Wolfe, Privy Council, Stephen Gardiner, Reginald Pole, William Thomas, Old Testament, Louis Machon, New Testament, Thomas Cromwell, Arnold Clapmar, Philip of Spain, Cardinal Pole, Most High, Alberico Gentili, Last Days, New York, Antonio D'Andrea, Bishop Gardiner, Calendar of State Papers, Elizabethan Book Pirates, Innocent Gentillet, Johannes Clapmar, Martin Marprelate, Renascence Portraits New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Machiavellian Treatise (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics) by Stephen Gardiner on 7 pages
- Thomas Cromwell (Headstart History Papers) by Sir Geoffrey Elton on page 1, and page 34
- Discourses on Livy (Oxford World's Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli on page 159, and page 170
- John Donne: The Critical Heritage by A.J. Smith on page 89
- A New Letter of Notable Contents (English Experience Series No. 193) by Gabriel Harvey on page 96
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- A Genealogy of Sovereignty (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) by Jens Bartelson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Images of Kingship in Early Modern France: Louis XI in Political Thought, 1560-1789 by Adrianna E. Bakos in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Culture and Power in England, 1585-1685 (Social History in Perspective (St Martins Paperback)) by R. Malcolm Smuts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Imagining the State by Mark Neocleous in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- "The Tempest" and Its Travels by Peter Hulme in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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