Florence History Chinese Translation Classics (New Edition)

Author: (Italian) Niccolò Machiavelli, translated by Li Huo
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Features: Machiavelli's History of Florence is a monumental work of humanist historiography during the Renaissance. The author abandoned the traditional annalistic approach of arranging historical facts, instead narrating the history of Florence from its founding as a city-state to 1492 in vivid and concrete prose. He broke away from the practice of ecclesiastical historians, who were often filled with religious superstition, and explained the development and changes of history through human actions. The book provides some lively historical materials, such as the account of the shepherds' uprising, parts of the commercial operations and rule of the Medici family, and the description of the San Giorgio Bank of Genoa. But more importantly, the author employs a humanist perspective to write the history of people, exposing the greed, cunning, and militaristic ambitions of the popes and other rulers.