For the segment on Italy:


What new kind of prince emerged in this period?


Which of Plato's type of man would this new prince correspond to?


How are the interests of the ordinary people to be dealt with, according to Machiavelli?


For the segment on Spain:


What is the key problem facing Philip?


How does he deal with it?


What does Machiavelli say about the use of cruelty?


What is the role of religion?


For the segment on England:


What was the basis of Elizabeth's rule?


What happens to the power of the monarch?


What was the result of Cromwell's rule?