Since the life of Italy failed to have a central monarchy, modifications occurred during the 14th century. The changes were the growth of larger regional states, the renewal of republican governments by tyrants and the action of having a commerce. This created cities such as Florence to have an expanding land as well as a wealthy merchant class which is why they became the banking center of Italy. As depicted in the text it states "The other major northern Italian state was the republic of Venice, which had grown rich from commercial activity throughout the eastern Mediterranean and into northern Europe." Therefore, Italian cities later on became siginificant as a commercial and trade workers.
The people of Italy and Mussolini himself wanted to boost Italy’s national prestige. Their prestige had been damaged during the first Italian-Ethiopian War when Italy became the first European country to lose to an African nation. Italy’s modernized military allowed for a swift victory. The win over Ethiopia allowed Mussolini to rebuild Italy with the natural resources that the country had available (Document 6). Benito Mussolini gained the support of many Italians from his encouraging and motivating
Before Cavour’s unexpected death, he promised autonomy to several former city-states/kingdoms, however, upon his death the king of Piedmont was quick to remove the offer of the table. Therefore, Piedmont forced its culture, government, taxes, and constitution upon Italy. Italy was not the republic it is today, but rather a kingdom of Piedmont. The idea of a republic was long forgotten in Italy because of king Emmanuel’s rule. Emmanuel II believed in a more tradition system of ruling, meaning he treated Italy as a kingdom rather than the republic it should have been.
When considering Italy after its formation as nation-state in the late 19th century, it has never been required to change by other countries. However, throughout the entire history Italian territory has faced many invasion and battles which have influenced it. But unfortunately, this country has also been involved in cruel events for the purpose of conquering new lands. Some of the most recent terrible actions done by this country were the conquest of African colonies during the Fascism. Indeed, the purpose of these mission in Africa were to destroy other countries such as Libya and Eritrea in order to provide benefits to Italians.
In the early 1500s, Italy was in turmoil, divided into many separate factions and independent kingdoms that perpetually fought amongst themselves. It was incapable of being unified under a single ruler. From this tumultuous environment, Machiavelli- a statesman and political philosopher at the time, read about the power and grandeur of the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Upon reading of the former glory of Italy he became consumed with deciphering the secrets that would make Italy great once again. He compiled his findings in several books.
The Italian peninsula was politically fragmented and divided, with no strong central government. This division made it difficult for Italy to compete on the international stage, and left it vulnerable to foreign interference and aggression. Italian unification became a pressing issue in the mid-19th century, as the country faced internal turmoil and external threats (Pearson, 22.3). The Italian unification movement was driven by a coalition of liberal and socialist political groups, who sought to create a unified Italian state based on democratic principles.
Our beloved Niccolo was born May 3, 1469 in Florence, Republic of Florence and sadly after about 58 years of blissful joy our beloved died on either June 21, 1527 or May 22, 1527, as you know our documentation is very poor within our society. His poor family of his father, Bernardo di Niccolo Machiavelli, and mother, Bartolommea di Stefano, spouse Marietta Corsini, brother Totto Machiavelli, and sisters Margherita Machiavelli and Spring Machiavelli will miss him dearly. His children Piero Machiavelli, Primerana Machiavelli, Baccina Machiavelli, Bernardo Machiavelli, Lodovico Machiavelli, and Guido Machiavelli will also miss him dearly. Niccolo was a great Italian political and military theorist, civil servant, historian, playwright, and poet.
Niccolo Machiavelli and his influence on the Enlightenment Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, also known as the father of “Modern Political Theory” was a well-known Italian diplomat, politician, humanist, historian, philosopher and writer from the era of renaissance philosophy. He belonged to several schools of thought, namely: Renaissance humanism, Political realism, Classical republicanism. His claim to fame was his popular book, “The Prince”, which was a handbook for politicians on the use of ruthless, self-serving, cunning inspiring the term “Machiavellian.” Before he wrote his book, Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy’s Florence Republic during the Medici family’s exile.
In the mid 1400’s and early 1500’s, there was a lot of chaos in Europe. Most of this chaos was a result of invading countries and war brought by these countries and territories. To help Europe gain some order, two men named Desiderius Erasmus and Niccolo Machiavelli wrote what they thought would help a prince or upcoming prince effectively run his country or territory through advice and examples. Though both offered advice for princes, the differed in many areas, but both wanted to achieve the same goal of stability for the ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a man who experienced almost everything possible during his life in Italy.
Even though Cesare was unable to truly overcome how he acquired initial power in the world, Machiavelli still viewed him as an ideal prince, “Yet the duke was a man of such savagery and courage [virtu], and he understood so perfectly how to win men over or ruin them, and foundations were so strong that he had laid down in so short a period, that if he had not had those armies on his back, or had not been sick himself, he would have pulled through all his difficulties.” (23). Although Cesare died without ever truly forging his own source of power, independent from his father, he showed such virtu in all that he did that Machiavelli revered him as the main example of a prince. When discussing Cesare Borgia, Machiavelli had nothing but praise, “If, then, we consider all the duke’s proceedings, we shall see that he laid strong foundations for future power; and I do not consider it irrelevant to describe them, since I cannot imagine better advice to give a new prince than the example of his
The argument can be made that Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II, connected himself with ancient Rome through the use of archaeological excavations of ancient monuments that fueled his propaganda machine. Additionally, one can argue that he was unsuccessful in his association with ancient Rome due to him being overthrown and assassinated at the end of World War II. The relationship between archaeology and nationalism in Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini caused ancient Roman artifacts and structures to be culturally gratifying, as well as fueling a national identity. Having a national identity based on archaeology and ancient artifacts is necessary for totalitarian governments, such as Fascist Italy, due to
He went on missions to France, Germany, and other governments in Italy. He soon became well educated in government affairs. As he carried out missions, he later perceived the relentless strategies of seizing and maintaining cities of Italian politician Cesare Borgia(1475-1507). He later based his new governing methods from Borgia within his novel “The Prince”. “Put a gun to someone’s head and try to focus, that’s how Machiavelli felt with the Medici family” (Thornton).
Up until 1532 leaders in Italy were supposed to rule according to traditional ethic norms (Niccolo). This was until The Prince. The Prince is an essay that Niccolò Machiavelli wrote during a time of political conflict in Italy. This essay was his attempt to end the conflict and bring resolution to the peninsula (Niccolo). However; it did quite the opposite, instead it brought more conflict and uneasiness to the people.
This was the Italian Unification, this was the political and social movement that changed Italy in the consolidated
Summary of Evidence • After the reunification of the Italian state in the mid-nineteenth century the government became centralized. • The local government was controlled through “the Napoleonic system of prefects and the local police” . • At the beginning of the First World War, Italy was neutral. • Italy joined the war on the side of Great Britain, France and Russia through the secret Treaty of London in 1915. • Article 2 of the Treaty of London stated “On her part, Italy undertakes to use her entire resources for the purpose of waging war jointly with France, Great Britain and Russia against all their enemies” .
