The Description
Book by Niccolò Machiavelli
Author | Niccolò Machiavelli |
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Original title | Descrizione del modo tenuto dal Duca Valentino nello ammazzare Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, il Signor Pagolo e il duca di Gravina Orsini |
Language | Italian |
Publication date | 1503 |
Publication place | Florence |
A Description of the methods adopted by the Duke Valentino when murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina Orsini[1] often abbreviated as The Description for reasons of brevity, is a work by Italian Renaissance political scientist and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. The work describes the methods used by Cesare Borgia to capture and murder members of the Orsini family, a princely family of Renaissance Rome. Both Vitellozzo Vitelli and Oliverotto da Fermo were strangled on the night of their capture on 31 December 1502.[2]
References
- ^ "A description of the methods adopted by the Duke Valentino when murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina Orsini / Nicolo Machiavelli; translated by W. K. Marriott". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ Peter E. Bondanella, Maurizio Viroli, The Prince, p. 100
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- On the Method of Dealing with the Rebellious Peoples of Valdichiana
- The Description
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- Report on the state of Germany
- Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence
- Life of Castruccio Castracani
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- The Prince
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- The Second Decade
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