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
Timeline of Niccolò Machiavelli the First Decade of Livy"; "The Art of War" and the comedy, "Mandragola", a satire on seduction. In 1520, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici (later Pope Clement VII, 1523) secured him a commission to write a history of Florence, which he finished in 1525. After a brief return to public life, he died in 1527. "(Dates in square brackets are conjectural)" 1469 1471 1481 1484 1491 1492 1494 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 [After April 1512] [After April 1512 and before August 1513] 1513 [1514 or later] 1513 [1515–1520] Circa 1516 [1517