Project Gutenberg 2000-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 106 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron 1800 1859 Macaulay, Lord (Thomas Babington Macaulay) Macaulay, T. Babington (Thomas Babington) Macaulay, Thomas Babington Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Produced by Martin Adamson; The html file produced by David Widger "Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2" by Thomas Babington Macaulay is a collection of essays exploring various historical topics and literary critiques, written in the mid-19th century. This volume delves into foreign history, political controversies, and literary criticisms, with a focus on figures like Machiavelli and key historical events impacting governance and culture in Italy and beyond. The opening of the volume starts with a discussion centered on Niccolò Machiavelli, portraying him as a controversial figure often reviled for his seemingly ruthless political philosophies presented in "The Prince." It outlines the paradoxical nature of Machiavelli's character—someone who championed republican ideals yet appeared to condone tyranny through his writings. Macaulay explores the historical context of Machiavelli's life and works, examining how public perception of him might be shaped more by contemporaneous moral standards rather than an objective assessment of his contributions. The complexity of his character is portrayed as a blend of both moral and immoral traits, prompting deeper reflection on the nature of political authority and the ethics of leadership. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- History English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 1820766 1814582 2024-09-01T12:54:53.075242 2023-10-01T11:39:57.468846 text/html text/html 1808972 2016-08-16T14:39:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 681201 2016-08-16T14:41:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 758922 2024-09-01T12:55:08.464177 application/epub+zip 788910 2024-09-01T12:54:55.543210 application/epub+zip 788909 2024-09-01T12:54:54.293236 application/epub+zip 1323214 2024-09-01T12:55:19.556097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1299259 2024-09-01T12:55:07.581170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1259035 2022-09-02T03:39:37.967223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1772711 1772662 2024-09-01T12:54:51.360257 2023-10-01T11:39:55.877837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1778032 2016-08-16T14:26:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 675180 2016-08-16T14:41:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1764856 2015-04-03T11:42:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 673684 2015-04-03T11:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20321 2024-09-01T12:55:19.702101 application/rdf+xml 21725 2024-09-01T12:54:54.665231 image/jpeg 4599 2024-09-01T12:54:54.479216 image/jpeg 748387 2024-09-01T12:54:53.238253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia