The Reception of Machiavelli in Early Modern Spain
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181 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

Series: Monografías A

Series Vol. Number: 338

Imprint: Tamesis Books

The Reception of Machiavelli in Early Modern Spain

by Keith David Howard

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Howard demonstrates that Machiavellian discourse had a profound impact on early modern Spanish prose treatises.

Arguing against historians of Spanish political thought that have neglected recent developments in our understanding of Machiavelli's contribution to the European tradition, the thesis of this book is that Machiavellian discoursehad a profound impact on Spanish prose treatises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. After reviewing in chapter 1 Machiavelli's ideological restructuring of the language of European political thought, in chapter 2 Dr. Howard shows how, before his works were prohibited in Spain in 1583, Spaniards such as Fadrique Furió Ceriol and Balthazar Ayala used Machiavelli's new vocabulary and theoretical framework to develop an imperial discourse that would be compatible with a militant understanding of Catholic Christianity. In chapters 3, 4 and 5 he demonstrates in detail how Giovanni Botero, Pedro de Ribadeneyra, and their imitators in the anti-Machiavellian reason-of-state tradition in Spain, attack a straw figure of Machiavelli that they have invented for their own rhetorical and ideological purposes, while they simultaneously incorporate key Machiavellian concepts into their own advice.

Keith David Howard is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Florida State University.
Introduction
Medieval and Renaissance Humanist Political Discourse and Machiavelli
Machiavelli and Spanish Imperialist Discourse in the Sixteenth Century
Machiavelli and the Foundations of the Spanish Reason-of-State Tradition: Giovanni Botero and Pedro de Ribadeneyra
Machiavellian Discourse in the Hispanic Baroque Reason-of-State Tradition
Juan Pablo Mártir Rizo's Rereading of the Prince
Conclusion
Bibliography
"Howard makes a masterly use of . . . primary sources . . . [and] displays a full linguistic proficiency in his analyses and explanations of Spanish terms and phrases that are crucial for a nuanced interpretation. . . . Overall, Howard succeeds in establishing an exemplary methodology and framework for making more accurate observations regarding Machiavelli's influence in other aspects of Spanish Renaissance culture as well." RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY
"Howard's analyses of Iberian political writers have now become an inspiring study, undoubtedly one of the most interesting and complete on the subject of Machiavelli's influence in the Iberian Peninsula between 1540 and 1640." BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES

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Title Details

181 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

Series: Monografías A

Series Vol. Number: 338

Imprint: Tamesis Books