Historian specializing in Italian political thinking during the Renaissance, professor at the Paris 8 University and translator/commentator, with Jean-Claude Zancarini, of  Machiavelli’s Principe (PUF, 2000) and of other works such as Storia d’Italia (Laffont, Bouquins, 1996), Guicciardini’s Ecrits politiques (PUF, 1997) and Savonarola’s writings (Seuil, 1993).