== Link: A fascinating series of articles on Machiavelli

The historian
[[Ex Urbe http://exurbe.com/]] wrote a fascinating series of articles
about [[Machiavelli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli]]
and why he is such an important person in history. I found them eye-opening 
and very interesting; I commend them to your attention if things like
medieval attitudes on morality and the birth of modern political science
(and ethics) sounds at all interesting.

They are:
* [[Machiavelli I – S.P.Q.F. http://exurbe.com/?p=1429]]
* [[Machiavelli I (addendum): thoughts on this style of presenting history
  http://exurbe.com/?p=1494]]
* [[Machiavelli II: The Three Branches of Ethics http://exurbe.com/?p=1489]]
* [[Machilavelli III: Rise of the Borgias http://exurbe.com/?p=1640]]
* [[Machiavelli IV: Julius II, the Warrior Pope http://exurbe.com/?p=1784]]
* and the last one, [[Why We Keep Asking “Was Machiavelli an Atheist?”
  http://exurbe.com/?p=1824]]

(via [[James Nicoll http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/]], who linked to
one of these and thereby got me so hooked on the whole series that I started
following [[Ex Urbe]] so I could make sure not to miss any.)