Machiavelli's Florentine Republic

Michelle T. Clarke is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 2007. Clarke's research focuses on Machiavelli, Florentine humanism, Roman political thought, and interpretive methods. Her work has been published in the Journal of Politics, History of Political Thought, Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, and the Review of Politics.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Another republicanism; 3. Italy after the inundation; 4. The questionable virtues of the Medici; 5. Republican virtue, reconsidered; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'Machiavelli's Florentine Republic accomplishes much more than repairing the gap in the Anglophone scholarship on Machiavelli's notoriously elusive Florentine Histories. This clear-sighted, savvy, and compelling interpretation deserves to be read by all interested in republicanism - its history, its meaning, and its ramifications. Clarke's interpretation is sure to change the course of the scholarly conversation as it establishes Machiavelli's critical evaluation of his city's republican government and elucidates his understanding that the modern political problem derives from Rome's ancient dominion.' Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University, Massachusetts