Machiavelli in the 19th CenturyMain MenuMachiavelli in the 19th CenturyNationalism and the Study of "Modern " HistorySeeing Machiavelli through VillariSuccess of "The Life and Times of Niccolo Macchiavelli"Modern History in mid- 19th Century EnglandThe Risorgimento: Between Italy and EnglandMajor Actors and EventsThe Life and Times of Pasquale VillariRebel, Historian, and PoliticianSeeing Villari through MachiavelliSelected ReadingsLaura Morrealeea5968063e9bb73752be7c434e8e3458b2daad8e
Features of 19th-Century British Historiography and Villari's Niccolò Machiavelli E I Suoi Tempi
1media/Machiavellicropped.jpg2018-11-17T20:46:56-08:00Seeing Villari through Machiavelli16image_header2018-11-26T13:21:50-08:00Villari's biography of Machiavelli relies heavily on historical techniques, ideas, and argumentation practiced and in contemporaneous programs of modern history in Britain. It was the work for which Villari was best known, and the preface and introduction (more than 230 pages long in the translated edition) are a clear statement of Villari's political and historical orientations. The most common words found in the English edition of of the preface are in the wordle below. Clicking on the window below will allow you to search the terms and contexts found in Villari's preface and introduction.
A side-by-side comparison of the features of 19th-Century British Historiography and Villari's work on Machiavelli further proves the author's reliance on British modes of historical writing.
Finally, Villari's English translator was none other than his wife, Linda Villari, who quickly translated many of her husband's works for an anglophone audience.
