Part one of term paper
Around Machiavelli’s time the papacy held much of the European power. Many popes held notoriously corrupt positions and mismanaged the entirety of Western Europe. They were the dictators during the Italian Renaissance. Not just religiously, but politically, militarily, and socially. They taxed and sent off leagues of soldiers to kill al ...

Part two of term paper
... the Medici. Although a near monarchy, the Medici, lead by Lorenzo held an idealist rule over Florence. Unfortunately there were many skirmishes between neighboring cities which gave citizens such as the Machiavellis a shrewd opinion of the family. In 1494 the Medici were expelled from Florence when Charles VIII of France took over. Niccolo Machiavelli, born in 1469 was elected to Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence. After many power shifts the Medici eventually ...