Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ?
The ‘News-sheets of Parnassus’ (Venice 1612-1613) by Traiano Boccalini are a political satire in which the author criticizes in allegorical language the Machievellian origins of the Imperialism of Philip II supported by the Counter Reformation papacy. As an admirer of Erasmus and the Catholic irenic...
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| description | The ‘News-sheets of Parnassus’ (Venice 1612-1613) by Traiano Boccalini are a political satire in which the author criticizes in allegorical language the Machievellian origins of the Imperialism of Philip II supported by the Counter Reformation papacy. As an admirer of Erasmus and the Catholic irenics born of the Protestant Reformation, Boccalini stages, in a Utopian city state founded on Mount Parnassus, an intense dialogue between the various souls who make up the literary Republic in order to redeem politics by putting it back on an ethical basis. While the ‘News-sheets’ are inspired by the satire of Lucian of Samosata in order to treat the problem of the state, the ‘Observations’ on various works by Cornelius Tacitus are a traditional political treatise which analyses the best form of government. Boccalini takes the Republic of Venice as the perfect model of the state within the tradition of Venetian anti-Machiavellianism. His focus on politics’ ethical dimension makes him one the foremost critics among scholars writing about ‘reasons of state.’ The codes of behavior stated in their works are laid bare by Boccalini’s satire as the reason for the hypocrisy practised by sovereigns, for the dominant moral corruption of modern society and for the blindness of peoples unable to grasp the wicked principles underlying obedience to political power. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-381dcf781e43403da838d5b1534c16822025-08-20T02:33:04ZfraGroupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du LittéraireLes Dossiers du GRIHL1958-92472011-11-0110.4000/dossiersgrihl.4770Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ?Antonella CiccarelliThe ‘News-sheets of Parnassus’ (Venice 1612-1613) by Traiano Boccalini are a political satire in which the author criticizes in allegorical language the Machievellian origins of the Imperialism of Philip II supported by the Counter Reformation papacy. As an admirer of Erasmus and the Catholic irenics born of the Protestant Reformation, Boccalini stages, in a Utopian city state founded on Mount Parnassus, an intense dialogue between the various souls who make up the literary Republic in order to redeem politics by putting it back on an ethical basis. While the ‘News-sheets’ are inspired by the satire of Lucian of Samosata in order to treat the problem of the state, the ‘Observations’ on various works by Cornelius Tacitus are a traditional political treatise which analyses the best form of government. Boccalini takes the Republic of Venice as the perfect model of the state within the tradition of Venetian anti-Machiavellianism. His focus on politics’ ethical dimension makes him one the foremost critics among scholars writing about ‘reasons of state.’ The codes of behavior stated in their works are laid bare by Boccalini’s satire as the reason for the hypocrisy practised by sovereigns, for the dominant moral corruption of modern society and for the blindness of peoples unable to grasp the wicked principles underlying obedience to political power.https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/4770anti-Machiavellianismcounter-Reformationpolitical satirehistory of VeniceBoccalini (Traiano) |
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| title | Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ? |
| title_full | Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ? |
| title_fullStr | Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ? |
| title_short | Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ? |
| title_sort | traiano boccalini la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas quale accettabilita per machiavelli |
| topic | anti-Machiavellianism counter-Reformation political satire history of Venice Boccalini (Traiano) |
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