Medicinal Herbs and Poison Plants: Reading Machiavelli in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1560–1700

Robert Ian Frost

Medicinal Herbs and Poison Plants: Reading Machiavelli in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1560–1700

Robert Ian Frost^* (Corresponding Author)

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This article challenges the consensus among scholars of political thought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commownwealth that Machiavelli's thought was unknown and unfamiliar, and that attitudes to him were uniformly hostile. Based on an examination of copies of Machiavelli's works known to have been in Polish hands, it studies annotations on copies of the Discourses of the First Ten Books of Livy to argue that the Discourses, with their defence of republicanism, were far more widely read than the Prince, and that Machiavelli was far more widely known in Poland-Lithuania than has previously been appreciated

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unie międzypaństwowe, parlamentaryzm samorządność
Subtitle of host publication	Studia z dziejów ustroju Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów,
Editors	Wacław Uruszczak, Zdzisław Noga, Michał Zwierzykowski, Krzysztof Fokt
Place of Publication	Warsaw
Publisher	Wydawnicto Sejmowe
Pages	28-53
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	978-83-7666-621-1
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

Niccolo Machiavelli
Early Modern Political Thought
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Republican Thought

Robert Frost, FBA
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The Past in the Present. Influencing Popular and Official Views of the Legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Union in Modern Eastern Europe
Robert Frost (Participant) & Karin Friedrich (Participant)
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Medicinal Herbs and Poison Plants: Reading Machiavelli in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1560–1700. / Frost, Robert Ian (Corresponding Author).
Unie międzypaństwowe, parlamentaryzm samorządność : Studia z dziejów ustroju Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów,. ed. / Wacław Uruszczak; Zdzisław Noga; Michał Zwierzykowski; Krzysztof Fokt. Warsaw: Wydawnicto Sejmowe, 2020. p. 28-53.

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Frost, Robert Ian. / Medicinal Herbs and Poison Plants : Reading Machiavelli in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1560–1700. Unie międzypaństwowe, parlamentaryzm samorządność : Studia z dziejów ustroju Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów,. editor / Wacław Uruszczak ; Zdzisław Noga ; Michał Zwierzykowski ; Krzysztof Fokt. Warsaw : Wydawnicto Sejmowe, 2020. pp. 28-53

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Medicinal Herbs and Poison Plants: Reading Machiavelli in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1560–1700

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