Niccolò Machiavelli became a term describing someone or something that is "marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith". "Machiavellianism" also remains a popular term used in speeches and journalism; while in psychology, it denotes a personality type. While Machiavellianism is notable in the works of Machiavelli, Machiavelli's works are complex and he is generally agreed to have been more than just "Machiavellian" himself. For example, J.G.A. saw him as a major source of the republicanism that spread throughout England and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries and Leo , whose view of Machiavelli is quite different in many ways, agreed
The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu Elders of Zion", an infamous Russian-made antisemitic literary forgery. There is an abundance of evidence that "The Protocols" were lavishly plagiarized from Joly's book. Italian writer Umberto Eco claims that in the "Dialogue" Joly plagiarized seven pages or more from a popular novel "Les Mystères du peuple" by Eugene Sue. The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (in the original French "Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle") is a political satire written by French attorney Maurice Joly in protest against the regime