Machiavelli's Utopia.

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  • Author(s): CONNELL, WILLIAM J.
  • Source:
    TLS. Times Literary Supplement. 12/2/2016, Issue 5931, p15-17. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      UTOPIA (Book); MORE, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535; ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536; PRINCE, The (Book : Machiavelli)
    • Abstract:
      The author explores the story behind the publication of the fifth edition of the book "Utopia" by the Giunti Press of Florence in 1519 and its connection with author, historian and philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Topics discussed include the publication of the first edition of "Utopia" edited by Desiderius Erasmus in December 1516 in Louvain, Belgium, its printing in Paris, France in 1517, and the relationships that connect Florence and Machiavelli's "The Prince" with author Thomas More.