Machiavelli and Mystery of State
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 11/26/1992
EAN 9780521437905, ISBN10: 0521437903
Paperback, 242 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Machiavelli and Mystery of State, first published in 1989, studies the intersection of sacred and secular conceptions of kingship in the Renaissance by documenting 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. This book illuminates an important and neglected dimension of Machiavelli's powerful influence on Renaissance political discourse.
Preface
1. Machiavelli and Antichrist
prophetic typology in Reginald Pole's De Unitate and Apologia ad Carolum Quintum
2. Bishop Gardiner, Machiavellian
3. John Wolfe, Machiavelli, and the republican arcana in sixteenth-century England
4. Machiavelli and the arcana imperii
5. Gabriel Naudé
magic and Machiavelli
6. Biblical Machiavellism
Louis Machon's Apologie pour Machiavel
Index.