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'''Description of Artwork:''' ''[[Discorsi]]'' 1503, ''[[Il Principe]]'' 1513 | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''[[Discorsi]]'' 1503, ''[[Il Principe]]'' 1513 | ||
'''The Incident:''' 1555 Italy-Rome: Although Machiavelli had been the ambassador and advisor of Popes and Cardinals in his days, Pope Paul IV placed his works in the severest category of the | '''The Incident:''' 1555 Italy-Rome: Although Machiavelli had been the ambassador and advisor of Popes and Cardinals in his days, Pope Paul IV placed his works in the severest category of the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'', and Clement VIII made a fresh prohibition of a Lausanne edition of his ''[[Discorsi]]''. | ||
1576 France: Selected maxims from ''[[Il Principe]]'' translated into French, were attacked by the Huguenot Gentillet for their political views. Cesare Borgia was supposed to have been the "Prince". The author contended that "if all rulers were good, you ought to keep your word, but since they are dishonest and do not keep faith with you, you in return, need not keep faith with them." | 1576 France: Selected maxims from ''[[Il Principe]]'' translated into French, were attacked by the Huguenot Gentillet for their political views. Cesare Borgia was supposed to have been the "Prince". The author contended that "if all rulers were good, you ought to keep your word, but since they are dishonest and do not keep faith with you, you in return, need not keep faith with them." | ||