Who was with Niccolo Machiavelli when he died? What did he die of? What day of the week did he die?

Question

I'm interested in details of Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's last days. What type of illness killed him? Was he alone or with family when he died? I'm also interested in what day of the week it was (June 21st, 1527).

Thanks!

Answer 1

21 June 1527 was a Friday
http://www.calendarhome.com/tyc/

I can’t find a lot of details about Machiavelli’s death; most sources agree that after a short illness he died disappointed and embittered. One source, which I can’t find now (!) says he died of a heart attack. However, this is the nearest I came to a description; you may be able to work from that – it seems that his son might have been there:

“Being thus restored to his country, Machiavelli lived in obscurity the few days that were left him of life, until the 22d [sic - would be the Saturday] of June, 1527, when he died like a Christian, as is proved by a letter written by his son Piero to his relative Francesco.”

“The story related by Benedetto Varchi, and believed by many, that Machiavelli died from disappointment because Donato Giannotti was preferred to him in the appointment to the office of Secretary to the Ten of Liberty and Peace, is manifestly incorrect, for Machiavelli died before Giannotti was elected to that office. His son Piero attests most positively that he died from pains in his stomach, resulting from a medicine which he had taken on the 20th of June.”
http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Machiavelli0156/Writings/0076-01_Bk.html#hd_lf076.1.head.008

Answer 2

What Did Niccolo Machiavelli Write

Answer 3

Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy. He eventually became a man who lived his life for politics and patriotism. Right now, however, he is associated with corrupt, totalitarian government. The reason for this is a small pamphlet he wrote called The Prince to gain influence with the ruling Medici family in Florence. The political genius of Niccolo Machiavelli was overshadowed by the reputation that was unfairly given to him because of a misunderstanding of his views on politics.


Machiavelli's life was very interesting. He lived a nondescript childhood in Florence, and his main political experience in his youth was watching Savanarola from afar. Soon after Savanarola was executed, Machiavelli entered the Florentine government as a secretary. His position quickly rose, however, and was soon engaging in diplomatic missions. He met many of the important politicians of the day, such as the Pope and the King of France, but none had more impact on him than a prince of the Papal States, Cesare Borgia. Borgia was a cunning, cruel man, very much like the one portrayed in The Prince. Machiavelli did not truly like Borgia's policies, but he thought that with a ruler like Borgia the Florentines could unite Italy, which was Machiavelli's goal throughout his life. Unfortunately for Machiavelli, he was dismissed from office when the Medici came to rule Florence and the Republic was overthrown. The lack of a job forced him to switch to writing about politics instead of being active. His diplomatic missions were his last official government positions.


When Machiavelli lost his office, he desperately wanted to return to politics. He tried to gain the favor of the Medici by writing a book of what he thought were the Medici's goals and dedicating it to them. And so The Prince was written for that purpose. Unfortunately, the Medici didn't agree with what the book said, so he was out of a job. But when the public saw the book, they were outraged. The people wondered how cruel a man could be to think evil thoughts like the ones in The Prince, and this would come back to haunt him when he was alive and dead. However, if the people wanted to know what Machiavelli really stood for, they should have read his "Discourses on Livy", which explain his full political philosophy. But not enough people had and have, and so the legacy of The Prince continues to define Machiavelli to the general public.


A few years later the Medici were kicked out of Florence. The republic was re-established, and Machiavelli ran to retake the office he had left so many years ago. But the reputation that The Prince had established made people think his philosophy was like the Medici, so he was not elected. And here the sharp downhill of his life began. His health began to fail him, and he died months later, in 1527.


Machiavelli had been unfairly attacked all of his life because of a bad reputation. But it only got worse after he died. He was continually blasted for his "support" of corrupt ruling. In fact, Machiavellian now means corrupt government. Only recently has his true personality come to light. The world must change it's vision of the cold, uncaring Machiavelli to the correct view of a patriot and a political genius.

Answer 4

Who Was Machiavelli

Answer 5

For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/8fRKS

There is really no way to tell what an animal died from, unless you get a necropsy done at a vet. it is possible that the animals are sick(since you are getting them at the same place). It could also be that they were "poisoned" by the soap you used(the safest way to clean an animals cage is with diluted bleach and hot water, and then allow to air dry completely, bleach leaves no residue afterwards, unlike soap). I would personally clean the cage, and everything in it(water bottle, bowls, toys(unless they are wood), etc) with a diluted bleach solution. Soak for 15 min, rinse, and allow to air dry, rinse again. Throw out anything you cannot clean(bedding, wood toys, food, etc). After you clean, then get another rodent, and choose a different source(do not go back to Petsmart).

Answer 6

Niccolò di dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) Florentine political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. Machiavelli was also a key figure in realist political theory, crucial to European statecraft Renaissance and early Protestant Reformation, which shaped the contemporary diplomatic behaviour of nations. Machiavelli was one of the first people to objectively study the practice and implementation of politics and government.

Machiavelli served the Republic of Florence after the expulsion of the Medici in 1494, travelling to European courts in France, Germany, as well as other Italian city-states on diplomatic missions. During this time he would draw influence for his work The Prince from the European leaders he met. His first mission was in 1499 to Caterina Sforza, who appeared as "my lady of Forlì" in his work The Prince. In 1500 he was sent to France to obtain terms from Louis XII for continuing the war against Pisa. Louis XII was also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in The Prince, and was consequently driven out of Italy. Machiavelli's public life was largely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of Pope Alexander VI and his son, Cesare Borgia, and these characters fill a large space of The Prince.

When Pope Julius II restored the Medicis to power in 1512, Machiavelli's name was found on a list of 20 persons supposedly involved in a conspiracy to oppose Medici rule, including co-conspirator and disputed friend Giovani Battaini. He was briefly imprisoned and tortured in the Bargello in Florence. It is likely he had no part in the plot, and he maintained his innocence throughout. When Pope Leo X became pontiff in 1513, himself a member of the Medici family, he secured the release of Machiavelli and sent him into exile. Machiavelli returned to Sant'Andrea in Percussina, where he devoted himself to literature.

In later life, Machiavelli joined the humanist academy around Bernardo Rucellai which met at the Orti Oricellari. From here, he may have gained access to unpublished translations of Polybius, upon which many of his ideas on the form of republican government appear to be based (Polybius had not been translated in his lifetime, and Machiavelli is believed to have had no knowledge of Greek.) In a famous letter to his nephew, Machiavelli wrote that in a normal day while in exile in Sant’Andrea in Percussina, he would rise early, work the fields or the woods until lunchtime, socialise in the local bars, but then:

"He died in Florence in 1527 and his resting place, as well as the tombs of his conspirators' friends and is unknown; however, a cenotaph in his honor can be found at the Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze

Answer 7

Wow, Thankss! I was wondering the same question yesterday

Answer 8

That's a good point