{"date":"May 3","id":"05-03","intro":["Traveling from court to court in the stirring days of the Renaissance, Machiavelli studied the intrigues of princes. His writings have affected the destiny of mighty dynasties."],"minutes":22,"readings":[{"author":"Niccolò Machiavelli","end":17,"start":7,"volume":36,"work":"The Prince"}],"slug":"may-3","status":"proofread","title":"Why “Machiavellian”?","url":"/harvard-classics/may-3/","words":4423}