《君主论·第二十章·堡垒等手段是否有益》第7节
Catherine Sforza, a daughter of Galeazzo Sforza and Lucrezia Landriani, born 1463, died 1509. It was to the Countess of Forli that Machiavelli was sent as envoy on 1499. A letter from Fortunati to the countess announces the appointment: “I have been with the signori,” wrote Fortunati, “to learn whom they would send and when. They tell me that Nicolo Machiavelli, a learned young Florentine noble, secretary to my Lords of the Ten, is to leave with me at once.” Cf. “Catherine Sforza,” by Count Pasolini, translated by P. Sylvester, 1898.
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这段注释介绍的是卡特琳娜·斯福尔扎，她是马基雅维利在《君主论》第二十章讨论堡垒是否有用时，所举的几乎唯一的正面特例。卡特琳娜是米兰公爵加莱亚佐·玛丽亚·斯福尔扎与卢克雷齐娅·兰德里亚尼的私生女，出生于1463年，后来成为弗利伯爵夫人。她的第一任丈夫是吉罗拉莫·里亚里奥，教皇西克斯图斯四世的侄子。1488年，吉罗拉莫在弗利被当地反对派刺杀，暴民随即占领了宫殿…