The Machiavellian Moment：Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition

J.G.A.Pocock,isahistorianofpoliticalthought.Heisespeciallyknownforhisstudiesofrepublicanismintheearlymodernperiod(especiallyinEurope,Britain,andAmerica),hisworkonthehistoryofEnglishCommonLaw,histreatmentofEdwardGibbonandotherEnlightenmenthistorians,and,inhistoricalmethod,forhiscontributionstothehistoryofpoliticaldiscourse.