The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . n and statesman,b. at Florence, 3 May, 1469; d. there, 22 June, family is said to have been descended from the oldmarquesses of Tuscany, and to have given Florencethirteen gonfaloniers of justice. His father, Bernardo,was a lawyer, and acted as treasurer of the Marches,but was far from wealthy. Of Nicolos studies weonly know that he was a pupil of Marcello 1498 he was elected secretary of the Lower Chan-cery of the Signory,
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . n and statesman,b. at Florence, 3 May, 1469; d. there, 22 June, family is said to have been descended from the oldmarquesses of Tuscany, and to have given Florencethirteen gonfaloniers of justice. His father, Bernardo,was a lawyer, and acted as treasurer of the Marches,but was far from wealthy. Of Nicolos studies weonly know that he was a pupil of Marcello 1498 he was elected secretary of the Lower Chan-cery of the Signory, and in later years he held thesame post under the Ten. Thus it chanced that forfourteen years he had charge of the home and foreigncorrespondence of the republic, the registration oftrials, the keeping of the minutes of the councils, andthe drafting of agreements with other states. More-over he was sent in various capacities to one or otherlocality within the State of Tuscany, and on twenty-three occasions he acted as legate on important em-bassies to foreign princes, e. g. to Catherine Sforza(1499), to France (1500, 1510, 1511), to the emperor. NicoLO MachiavelliX\-century terra-cotta, Florence See also Ashley, (1507, 1509), to Rome (1503, 1506), to Cffisar Borgia(1502), to Gian Paolo Baglione at Perugia, to thePetrucci at Siena, and to Piombino. On these em-bassies he gave evidence of wonderful keenness of ob-servation and insight into the hidden thoughts of themen he was dealing with, rather than of any greatdiplomatic skill. After the defeat of France in Italy(1512) the Medici once more obtained control ofFlorence; the secretary was dismissed and exiled forone year from the city. On the discovery of theCapponi and Boscoli plot against Cardinal Giovannide Medici, Machiavelli was accused as an accomplice,and tortured, but he was set free when the cardinalbecame Pope Leo X. Thereupon he retired to someproperty he had at Strada near San Casciano, wherehe gave himself up to the
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