Starting from Justus Lipsius's _Monita et exempla politica _, this book offers a collection of essays dealing with the disputed Macchiavellian, Tacitean or Neostoic character of Lipsius's political thought, and its impact on the dynamics of political discourse in Early Modern Europe.

The contributions in this volume analyze different moments of intercultural negotiation within the history of Latin literature and look into the dynamic process of appropriation that guarantees its continuity.