01:790:324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mento, Cesare Borgia
21 Jun 2016
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Chapter 6 (new principality acquired through one"s own army and power) Chapter 7 (new principality acquired through fortune and foreign arms) Medici family acquired through fortune and spanish help. Cesare borgia (duke valentino / duke of romagna) Had friends in high places because his father was the pope alexander vi. + divided south america between portugal and spain. Prince acquiring principality through fortune and foreign arms. Machiavelli was impressed with borgia at first, but noticed that he had limitations. Pg. 23-25: pope encouraged the french and the venetians to invade italy. Expands romagna through dependence of military support from his father. Pg. 25: consolidates his power over romagna by putting remirro de orco in charge. + ruthlessly put down unrest in romagna to pacify, in so doing, became unpopular. + borgia kills remirro de orco publically, puts the body cut into two on display in. + borgia becomes feared and loved at the same time.
