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Question
The Renaissance was a period of great intellectual activity. Given an account of the outstanding works of the following writers: Machiavelli
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Solution
Machiavelli:
He was from Florence. He was a historian who is known as the father of modem political philosophy. In his work, ‘The Prince’, he dealt with political conditions that prevailed in the Italian states during the close of the 15th and early 16th centuries. His ideas and suggestions had a profound influence on the minds of political leaders and rulers in those days in Europe. He suggested that political matters should be separated from religion.
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