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Niccolo Machiavilli who wrote the book entitled The Prince who brings influence in politics during his time even in the present. Niccolo Machiavilli contribute a lot in the field of politics because of his works and the book The Prince that makes him famous, the book really gives a big impact in the politics and the people who tried to read it. It was an examination of how a leader could gain power and stay in power. Machiavelli described how to run a principality without regard for traditional ideas about right and wrong. He wrote it with the hopes of gaining favour with the politically powerful Medici family. Who were they? Niccolo Machiavilli What was the time frame in they lived? 1469 Birth in Florence of Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavilli to Bernardo and Bartolomea (nee de Nelli). 1475 Machiavilli father receives a copy of Livys History of Rome as payment for creating the volumes index. 1471 Cardinal Francesco Della Rovere is elected Pope as Sixtus IV. 1486 Niccolo is put in charge of binding a number of his fathers books, the Livy History is one. 1498 - Enters public life as Chief of the Second Chancery through which he is also Secretary to the Ten of Liberty and Peace, the commission which oversees military matters and foreign affairs. He is entrusted with keeping the Signoria and the Ten informed in military and political problems so they can make apprpriate and timely decisions. 1499 - Mar. - Niccolo first mission for the Ten. Travels to Forli and the court of Caterina Sforza Riario. 1501 - Marries Marieta Corsini. 1502 - Niccolo is sent to the court of Cesare Borgia. 1503 - Son Bernardo is born. 1504 First Decennial (A chronicle in verse of the events in Florence in the decade 1494 to 1504). 1506 - Plays a leading role in organizing Florence's first militia. 1512 - Niccolo is removed from government when the Medici returns to power. He is also prohibited from leaving Florence for one year.

1513 - Imprisoned and tortured on suspicion of supporting a plot to assassinate Giovanni de Medici. Giovanni de Medici becomes Pope Leo X and grants amnesty to Machiavelli. 1514 Second Decennial (A successive chronicle covering the years 1505 to 1509; unfinished) 1513-c.1515 The Prince 1513-1517 - Discourse 1517-1520 - Holds court in the Orti Orcellari, home to the Rucellai family. 1520 The Mandragola "Discursus" a proposal for a new constitution. 1521 May - Sent by the government and wool guild of Florence a meeting of the Chapter General of Minorite Friars at Carpi. 1522 - His younger brother (Totto, a priest) dies. 1525 Florentine Histories is favorably received by Pope Clement VII, and Machiavelli is given a grant to continue the work. Clement also dispatches Machiavelli to meet with the p apal representative in Romagna, Francesco Guicciardini. Machiavelli is sent to advise Guicciardini on raising the papal army in the region 1526-1527 Niccolo undertakes a variety of missions as advisor, reporter, and evaluator on behalf of The Pope, the Florentine Government, and the lieutenant-general of the pontifical army. He is also an inspector of the Florentine fortifications. Serves in his final official capacity on a new commission the Five Administrations of the City Walls. 1527 - The Medici is finally forced out of Florence. Niccolo Machiavelli dies on June 22. What was the contribution in our way of thinking? Niccolo Machiavilli works really contribute in our way of thinking because his book The Prince still influences the politics according to the Economist Albert O. Hirschman said in 1980 that the Modern political science owes a great deal to Machiavellis shocking claim that ordinary notions of moral behaviour for individuals may not be suitable as rules of conduct for states. How did it alter the way we perceived the world or reality? Because of the book The Prince it shows on how the politics before and in the present are runs, because the book has it big influence in the politics the book is written not theoretically politics but it is written about the real politics that makes it famous and change the way we perceived in the world, the Machiavilli books like The Prince influence our knowledge about politics before and even in the present that makes him famous.

What were the main views expressed? His works main views about politics because during his time politics is the main problem because of the poor leadership. The book The Prince even it was an examination of how a leader could gain power and stay in power. Machiavelli described how to run a principality without regard for traditional ideas about right and wrong. He wrote it with the hopes of gaining favour with the politically powerful Medici family. Summarize the main points. Machiavelli was an innovative thinker who was not afraid to put his ideas into action or write them out for all to examine. The Prince inuenced political thought from his time to the present and is as relevant to politics today as it was in 1513. His work and ideas have endured for centuries. It is for this reason that Machiavelli had the biggest inuence on history of any individual of the Renaissance or Reformation. What type of research was it? Qualitative/Quantitative? Quantitative Is it important to us today? Why or why not? Yes because Machiavellis book The Prince still inuences the political and nancial operation of the modern world. Economist Albert O. Hirschman said in 1980 that Modern political science owes a great deal to Machiavellis shocking claim that ordinary notions of moral behaviour for individuals may not be suitable as rules of conduct for states. What are the lessons we can learn? The lessons we can learn are the reality about politics during his time and in the present that makes him famous. Because other researchers believe it still influence the modern politics today. Did they suggest other area of research? No. For bonus points, apply the theory to yourself, your beliefs, a situation you are in, or an organization you are familiar with (such as work, university, or family). This theory can see in the real politics. Why? Because leaders attain leadership which means they seek for power they look for it they gain for it they pursue it, in politics we can see the politicians on how they do it in the way they can still hold their powers, and sovereignty.