Question

Which Italian Renaissance thinker believed that Italy needed strong, even ruthless, leaders and wrote The Prince to show how rulers can keep power?

























 



A.





Cesare Borgia
























 



B.





Erasmus
























 



C.





Machiavelli
























 



D.





Cosimo de' Medici

Answer 1

The writer of the Prince and the Italian philosopher who developed theories and methods to maintain power's name is Machiavelli so the answer is C. 

Answer 2

The answer is C, Machiavelli. He believed that Italy needed a strong ruthless leaders. Hope this helps.