His patriotism, first of all, is seen in his reports during the early 1500s to Florence on how to secure the city and eagerness to address complex political problems(1). His involvement with the Medici’s spawned from power plays of France and The Holy League. In the aftermath of the war, the Medici’s overtook Florence and banished him. With his mourning the loss of his lifestyle and the wrecked state of Italy after being laid to waste by France, Spain, and other monarchies, he wished for a solution to these problems. His greatest chance, then, was the soon to be prince Lorenzo de’ Medici. The most probable attraction for Machiavelli to choose him would be that uplifting the Medici family would concurrently uplift Florence; he also would have had great wealth due to his uncle. That is the reason why The Prince was written and also accounts for the odd passage that praises God. In no way does the rest of the treaty glorify Catholicism or religion for that matter and other works of his also hold Christianity in contempt(2). But the real bulk of The Prince lies in its tough analysis of power politics and seemingly ruthless …show more content…
Aside from the historical evidence pointed out already in the book which give us instant examples of how his rules are true, understanding motives, successes, and failures of kings and leaders and even outcomes of war is possible through a “machiavellian”