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    HOW DO PLATO‚ LOCKE AND MACHIAVELLI ADDRESS THHOW DO PLATO‚ LOCKE AND MACHIAVELLI ADDRESS THE CONCEPTS OF POWER‚ AUTHORITY AND LEGITEMACY? Plato‚ Locke and Machiavelli deal with addressing the concepts of power‚ legitimacy and authority through illustrating constant contrasts and the underpinning of authority. Plato deals especially with the legitimacy of those in power focusing on the morality of politics and the need for the enlightenment of authority (Spragens‚ 1997:41)‚ but looking at the status

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    Cola Di Rienzo Summary

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    ROME AND THE PAPAL STATES Cola di Reinzo read many ancient Latin books and became very knowledgeable and wanted roman freedom and led a conspiracy to take over the city for the people The popes of the Renaissance had a dual position. On the one hand‚ they were‚ as rulers of the church‚ entrusted with the spiritual welfare of Christendom; on the other‚ they were the heads of an Italian city-state. Their failure to reconcile these two positions or rather‚ their devotion to the second at the expense

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    Biography Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He is the best example of a Renaissance Man – someone who was very good at many things He is considered one of the greatest painters of all time and the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Everyone agrees that Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest of all painters. But Leonardo would be famous if he had never painted a stroke. For he was also a great inventor

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    of all time. Around the year 1500‚ Leonardo decided to leave Milan and head back to Florence where his good reputation had him readily received by the city. By 1502 Leonardo had entered the service of Pope Alexander the IV’s much feared son Cesare Borgia as a senior military architect and general engineer. Leonardo returned to Florence once more in 1503 at which time he was commissioned to paint a mural in the council hall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.

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    Machiavelli And Fear

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    than loved. This is the second quality that Machiavelli gives advise that will make a good ruler. Every prince would want to be considered merciful‚ though he should be careful not to mismanage this clemency of his. Machiavelli point out how Cesare Borgia was cruel‚ yet he was able to provide peace and order to the Romagna. Therefore‚ no prince should mind being called cruel for what he does to keep his subjects united and loyal. Machiavelli believes that a prince should make examples of punishing

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    half page response detailing the theme and how the terms are connected. Include the vocabulary words and any other information necessary to complete a concise‚ but thorough‚ explanation of the theme. 1. The Prince --- Henry VII of England --- Cesare Borgia 2. Renaissance --- Secularism --- Materialism 3. Desiderius Erasmus --- Thomas More --- Jan van Eyck 4. Ulrich Zwingli --- John Knox --- The Institutes of Christian Religion 5. Archbishop Cranmer --- Henry VIII --- Elizabethan Settlement 6. Pope Paul

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    What Is Encomienda System

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    tool of oppression. The Crown established the encomienda system in Hispaniola in May 1493. And while it reserved the right of revoking an encomienda from the hands of an unjust encomendero‚ it rarely did. In the papal bull Inter caetera (1493‚ the Borgia Pope Alexander VI had granted the western newly found lands to the Castilian Crown‚ on the condition that it evangelize these new lands. "...By this he allocated everything discovered by

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    Computer Communications 54 (2014) 1–31 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computer Communications journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom Review The Internet of Things vision: Key features‚ applications and open issues Eleonora Borgia ⇑ Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT)‚ Italian National Research Council (CNR)‚ via G. Moruzzi 1‚ 56124 Pisa‚ Italy a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 12 May 2014 Received in revised form 16 September 2014 Accepted 16 September

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    other qualities mentioned above‚ I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel; nevertheless‚ he must take care not to misuse this mercy. Cesare Borgia was considered cruel; nonetheless‚ his cruelty had brought order to Romagna‚ united it‚ restored it to peace and obedience.” (Page 41). Cesare Borgia lived from 1476-1507. He was known for his brutality and lack of scruples‚ not to mention his exceptionally good luck. He was firm ruler‚ son of Pope Alexander VI. To support

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