The Prince
political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Summary
The Prince is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,661 views/month, #137 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli[3]
- Genre: essay[4]
- Followed by: Discourses on Livy[5]
- Depicts: just war theory[6]
- Place of publication: Rome[7]
- Commons category: Il Principe[8]
- Language of work or name: Italian[9]
- Country of origin: Italy[10], Republic of Florence[11]
- Has part(s): Description of the Manner in which Duke Valentino put Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, Lord Pagolo and the Duke of Gravina to Death[12]
- Inception: 1513[13]
- Publication date: 1532[14]
- Has edition or translation: Il Principe, Italia, 1814[15], El Príncipe de Maquiavelo[16], The Prince[17], Le Prince[18], El príncep[19], Vladař[20], El príncipe[21], Traktat o Księciu[22], Fyrsten[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Il Principe[24]
- Main subject: politics[25], political science[26]
- Commons gallery: Il Principe[27]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[28]
- Title: Il principe[29]
- Different from: Książę[30]
- Time period: Renaissance[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Copyright status: public domain[33]
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Why It Matters
The Prince has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]