Profoundly Modern?

What happened to the Guelphs and Ghibellines after Dante’s generation? The names survived for centuries, but their original meaning slowly gave way to family rivalries, oligarchic struggles, territorial states, foreign armies, and new ways of thinking about political power. In this capstone to the series, we move from Dante to another exiled Florentine, Niccolò Machiavelli, and ask whether he was truly profoundly modern or simply the man who found a new language for political realities that had been there all along. Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments section below! Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on the links below and on YouTube! Support the show and listen: Patreon: http://patreon.com/historyofthepapacy Buy me a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/historyofthepapacy Buy me a book: http://bit.ly/40ckJ8E YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thehistoryofthepapacy Email Us: [email protected] How to listen: https://www.atozhistorypage.com/podcast Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DelfggbL0Au4e3aUyWDaS Music Provided by: "Sonatina in C Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Funeral March for Brass" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Crusade Heavy Perfect Loop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.