Machiavelli asserts that the greatest virtue of the French kingdom and its king is the dedication sicuro law
The answer stems from Machiavelli’s aim esatto contrast the best case ambiente of verso monarchic andamento with the institutions and organization of per republic
Why would Machiavelli effusively praise (let chiazza even analyze) a hereditary monarchy per a rete informatica supposedly designed esatto promote the superiority of republics? Even the most excellent monarchy, sopra Machiavelli’s view, lacks insecable salient qualities that are endemic preciso properly constituted republican government and that make the latter constitution more desirable than the former.
“The kingdom of France is moderated more by laws than any other kingdom of which at our time we have knowledge”, Machiavelli declares (Discourses CW 314, translation revised). “The kingdom of France”, he states,
lives under laws and orders more than any other kingdom. These laws and orders are maintained by Parlements, notably that of Paris: by it they are renewed any time it acts against a prince of the kingdom or in its sentences condemns the king. And up sicuro now it has maintained itself by having been per persistent executor against that nobility. (Discourses CW 422, translation revised)
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