Martin Luther
2) The prince
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English
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"An infamous Renaissance classic, The Prince shocked Europe upon publication with its ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli even came to be regarded by some as an agent of the Devel, his name taken for the intriguer "Machevill" of Jacobean tragedy. For his treatise on statecraft Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting...
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Concordia Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Martin Luther wrote this hymn in 1531 for his five-year-old son, Hans. It became part of the annual Christmas Eve celebration in the Luther home, where music was an important part of everyday life as well as an important element of their worship on Sundays and religious holidays..."--Jacket.