1 Visconti, the Duke of Milan, on whose death he procured his.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 2 Nevertheless Milan was taken from France both the first and the second time.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 3 But he was no sooner in Milan than he did the contrary by assisting Pope Alexander to occupy the Romagna.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 4 The Venetians joined with France against the Duke of Milan, and this alliance, which caused their ruin, could have been avoided.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS ... 5 He was no sooner in Milan than the Pope had soldiers from him for the attempt on the Romagna, which yielded to him on the reputation of the king.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 6 The castle of Milan, built by Francesco Sforza, has made, and will make, more trouble for the house of Sforza than any other disorder in the state.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 7 Francesco Sforza, through being martial, from a private person became Duke of Milan; and the sons, through avoiding the hardships and troubles of arms, from dukes became private persons.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIV — THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT ... 8 Francesco, by proper means and with great ability, from being a private person rose to be Duke of Milan, and that which he had acquired with a thousand anxieties he kept with little trouble.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 9 The new are either entirely new, as was Milan to Francesco Sforza, or they are, as it were, members annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has acquired them, as was the kingdom of Naples to that of the King of Spain.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER I — HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, ... 10 Firstly, he did not see his way to make him master of any state that was not a state of the Church; and if he was willing to rob the Church he knew that the Duke of Milan and the Venetians would not consent, because Faenza and Rimini were already under the protection of the Venetians.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 11 For these reasons Louis the Twelfth, King of France, quickly occupied Milan, and as quickly lost it; and to turn him out the first time it only needed Lodovico's own forces; because those who had opened the gates to him, finding themselves deceived in their hopes of future benefit, would not endure the ill-treatment of the new prince.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES