microrobert
02-17-2013, 07:43 PM
Briton finds 500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli
A British academic has stumbled upon a 500-year-old "most wanted" notice for the arrest of Niccolo Machiavelli, the infamous Renaissance political operator who wrote The Prince.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02481/machiavelli-wanted_2481787b.jpg
Drawing of the trumpet used by the town crier, left, was fpund together with the proclamation calling for the arrest of Machiavelli
Prof Stephen Milner from Manchester University discovered the historic document by accident while researching town criers and the proclamations they read out in archives in Florence.
The 1513 proclamation, which called for the arrest of Machiavelli, eventually led to his downfall and death.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9871527/Briton-finds-500-year-old-arrest-warrant-for-Machiavelli.html
A British academic has stumbled upon a 500-year-old "most wanted" notice for the arrest of Niccolo Machiavelli, the infamous Renaissance political operator who wrote The Prince.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02481/machiavelli-wanted_2481787b.jpg
Drawing of the trumpet used by the town crier, left, was fpund together with the proclamation calling for the arrest of Machiavelli
Prof Stephen Milner from Manchester University discovered the historic document by accident while researching town criers and the proclamations they read out in archives in Florence.
The 1513 proclamation, which called for the arrest of Machiavelli, eventually led to his downfall and death.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9871527/Briton-finds-500-year-old-arrest-warrant-for-Machiavelli.html