Explain the historical circumstances that led to the development of Machiavelli’s ideas

Machiavellian can be defined as the person who develop the ideas of deceitfulness, in his writing called as The Prince.

Explanation:

The development of Machiavelli's ideas has a historical basis. In the sixteenth century, Italy. In The Prince, Italy was described as the not a united state. It was a collection of the states which were opposing each other and were attempting to obtain and edge or power over the others. Machiavellian was a person who deceitfully or through cheating obtained the throne.

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