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Unmaking Machiavelli’s Modernity
Friday, September 4, 2026In his Apologia ad Carolum Quintum, English cardinal Reginald Pole claimed that Thomas Cromwell told him in 1529 that Machiavelli’s The Prince had inspired King Henry VIII to break with Rome. The claim...
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