Abstract
In the Italian city-states, the rich oligarchs, such as the Medicis of Florence, successfully repressed democracy. But the people of Florence, Venice, Genoa, and others of the numerous Italian city-states remained rebellious. Also, rich families competed with each other, murdering each other in ruthless vendettas. Machiavelli’s The Prince, not only documents this anarchic violence, but also describes the policies by which the various tyrants restored order and maintained their power in this ruthless political atmosphere.
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Glassman, R. M. (2021). Oligarchy, Democracy, and Tyranny in the Italian City-States. In Can Democracy Survive in the 21st Century? (pp. 141–144). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76821-8_17
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