Ep 145: Christopher Lynch on Machiavelli at War

Update: 2024-09-20

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Christopher Lynch, Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University and author of Machiavelli on War, joins the show to talk about renaissance warfare and Niccolò Machiavelli.

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Times

• 01:20 Introduction

• 01:56 Machiavelli’s world

• 03:52 French invasion

• 07:08 Republicanism

• 13:42 Mercenary armies

• 22:50 Time in office

• 27:30 Battle

• 33:17 Resurrecting Rome and Greece

• 38:00 Catastrophic endings

• 41:31 Exile and writings

• 45:54 Good guy or bad guy?

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Ep 145: Christopher Lynch on Machiavelli at War