1. Assess the importance of Machiavelli's writings in the making of Modern Europe 2. Upon what basis could early-modern English subjects justify their resistance to their rulers?
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1. Assess the importance of Machiavelli's writings in the making of Modern Europe
Machiavelli's writings are important because they analyse the features a strong Prince in the Renaissance from an amoral and objective perspective. This essay will discuss Machiavelli's writings including 'the Prince' and 'discourses on Livy' and its impact on the organisation of the military and the retention of power. This paper will then address the connection between his writing and the importance of it …
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…the power and authority to rule over their principality from the consent of the community. With the establishment of the 'original contract', writers claimed that the monarch had a responsibility to serve the common good of their subjects. However, if the monarch ruled in such a manner that it caused harm to the state and its subjects therein, the subjects of Early-Modern England had the right to resist the unjust Monarch and the institutions within.
…the power and authority to rule over their principality from the consent of the community. With the establishment of the 'original contract', writers claimed that the monarch had a responsibility to serve the common good of their subjects. However, if the monarch ruled in such a manner that it caused harm to the state and its subjects therein, the subjects of Early-Modern England had the right to resist the unjust Monarch and the institutions within.
