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  3. Chapters 12 to 14: Armies
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The Prince

All 26 chapters of Machiavelli's The Prince, one card each: what he tells a ruler to do and why. A matching game pairs his historical examples, from Cesare Borgia to Ferdinand of Aragon, with the lesson he draws from each.

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Chapters 12 to 14: Armies

Why hired soldiers and borrowed armies fail, why a ruler needs an army of his own people, and why war is the one subject a ruler must master.

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9 total questions

Flashcards: 3
Pair match: 6
Chapters 12 to 14: Armies – Flashcards
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Card #1

Chapter 12: Kinds of army, and why hired soldiers fail

Card #2

Chapter 13: Borrowed armies, mixed armies and your own

Card #3

Chapter 14: A ruler's first job is the army

Chapters 12 to 14: Armies – Pair match
Pair Match
Milan hires Francesco Sforza against Venice, and after winning at Caravaggio he joins Venice to conquer Milan↔A skilled hired general turns on the people who hired him
Venice has to kill its commander Carmagnola, then loses in one day at Vailà what took eight hundred years to win↔Hired armies win slowly and lose suddenly
Cesare Borgia takes the Romagna with French troops, then hires the Orsini and Vitelli, then raises his own men↔You are respected only once you fully control your own army
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