Some of the world's foremost historians of ideas consider Machiavelli's political thought in the larger context of the republican tradition.

This study fills a notable gap in the history of political thought.

Niccolò Machiavelli, though best known as a teacher of princes, is also a teacher of republics. In his Discourses on Livy, he argues that republican liberty de

Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli's text as a response to the world of Florentine politics.

The significance of Machiavelli's political thinking for the development of modern republicanism is a matter of great controversy. In this volume, a distinguish