The Italian writer and poet, Niccolo Machiavelli, wrote a world famous book titled The Prince, which gave suggestions on how a proper ruler should lead his country. If Machiavelli was the ruler of Italy during the fifteenth century, he would have defended his country and restored the success and power they once had. Machiavelli became a politician at Florence in 1498, which was four years after the Medici family had been expelled from the city. Machiavelli loved politics, and was always traveling between Italy, Germany, and France. However, with the French defeat and Spanish victory over Florence in 1512, Machiavelli was sent into exile.
His last aim was the succession. Henry would need a male heir so as to secure the throne for the Tudors. The first of Henry’s aims to be completed was to start the differentiation between himself and his father. In April 1509, just as he had become ruler, he had two of his father’s most powerful men arrested; Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, and a year later the two were executed. Henry had done this so he could abolish the Council Learned in Law, meaning that he could cancel 175 bonds his father had put in place with his Nobles.
They had different ways of going about it, and succeeded for awhile before being brought down. Both men were born in countries other than the ones they ruled. Napoleon was born in Corsica, an island that was defeated by France a year prior to his birth. Napoleon grew up hating the French and he was quite proud of his heritage. His father, Carlo, was a representative of the Corsican parliament worked to secure Napoleon a scholarship to a French academy.
Wolsey and Henry’s campaign for the annulment of his and Catherine of Aragon’s marriage failed in 1929, resultantly of the Pope’s resistance despite Wolsey’s different approaches. It is shown in source 4 that ‘in October 1529, Wolsey was stripped of his authority’. The two events occurred the same year suggesting that his failure to dissolve Henry’s marriage played a big part in his downfall, or at least acted as the final trigger. The idea that his failure to secure annulment played the part as a trigger is backed up in source 5 when Historian David Loades explains that ‘after 1525 the King’s confidence in him became increasingly uncertain’, which can lead us to infer that the annulment crisis could’ve been the last straw. However, from Loades book focusing on Henry VIII’s experiences with ‘Court, Church
However, this only lasted for 3 months and changed when Henry’s son Edward IV was born, resulting in Richard not being able to claim the title of heir. Over the next few years, both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians built up their forces. But in 1459, 4 years after Richard lost his position as Captain lieutenant of Calais, as Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerset was appointed Captain of Calais, Richard then turned his efforts on two plans; getting rid of Somerset and becoming king. This also lead to the Yorkists being defeated at Ludford Bridge, whilst York, Salisbury and
At the age of 25 he entered Florentine government service as a clerk and as an ambassador. Later that year (1494) Florence restored the republic, expelling the Medici family who had ruled over Florence for some sixty years. Machiavelli was in diplomatic council responsible for negotiation and military affairs, undertaking diplomatic missions to the courts of Louis XII in France, Ferdinand II of Aragon, in Spain, and the Papacy in Rome. From 1502 to 1503 he witnessed the effective state-building methods of soldier-churchman Cesare Borgia who was at that time enlarging the central Italian territories. Between 1503 and 1506 he was responsible for the Florentine militia including the city’s defense.
Some of his letters were taken and printed in the New York Tory newspaper. He was now seen as a traitor in America. He couldn’t go to England without confirming he was a traitor and he couldn’t go to France because he had accused the King of selfishness. He lived the next two years in Flanders, then moved to England and in 1789 set sail back to America. While on the ship, he fell ill with “dizziness in his head, and an oppression at his stomach”, he passed away only four hours after the first signs of illness.
Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat. When he heard of this defeat ,he killed himself .Otho had reigned for barely 95 days.Aelius Vitellius was the next emperor. He abandoned himself to exaggeration and all but ignored the troops who had given him the throne. Also, upon hearing that the troops of his rival ,Vespasian, were approaching Rome Vitellius begged the senate to allow him to leave the throne and live as a private citizen so he could be
The Moral of the ‘The Prince”, by Niccolo Machiavelli In this intriguing essay, I will look to investigate the moral and the theme behind the book, ‘The Prince” originally written in 1513 by a former Italian Politician Niccolo Machiavelli, and then will attempt to try and show how the teachings of the ‘The Prince’, to our workplace to give it relevance in the present, even though it was written more than half a century year ago. Before going into this essay into detail, it is certainly important to examine who Niccolo Machiavelli was and the reasons as to why he wrote this book. To look at the reasons behind it, and the current political volatile situation in Italy at the time, threats from Spain and France for example. This would have had a direct Impact on Italy and mostly in a city like Florence, with a growing political scene that had suffered for most of it’s life. Plenty of political power and perhaps more importantly the struggle around Machiavelli with lots of different factions looking to take control of the principality.
Strategies for business management 18 3.1. Principles of leadership 18 3.2. Sharing the power 20 4. Discussion 21 Conclusion 22 References 23 INTRODUCTION Present research is an analysis of power, competition and strategies. It is based on Italian philosopher and writer Niccoló Machiavelli treatise The Prince, strategies and principles discussed in this book.