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Burning Questions - The Prince and the first spin doctors
From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20030407
Author:David Simpson
Q Who was the Machiavelli who gave rise to the term Machiavellian, meaning a corrupt or unscrupulous politician? - C Parker, Peterlee.
A The word derives from the name of Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th century Italian political philosopher who has been greatly misunderstood and misrepresented. Machiavelli was born into a relatively poor branch of an otherwise distinguished family in the city of Florence in 1469. During his lifetime, Italy was made up of a collection of independent provinces and city-states and was governed by the powerful Medici family.
In 1494, the Medicis were ousted from power ...
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