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Machiavelli was a practical man (startrek.website)
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I greatly recommend Ada Palmer's "Inventing the Renaissance" if you have a lot of time, mild history literacy, and an interest in the Renaissance even passing. She talks a lot about Nick the practical statesmen who just didn't want to see Florence get repeatedly invaded, conquered, and looted.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo246135916.html

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[-] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for the book recommendation! I'm a newly mild history literate, so looks like a good time.

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