Hillay Zmora is professor of history at Ben-Gurion University. His main areas of research are Late medieval and early modern Europe (esp. Germany) and the political thought of Machiavelli. He is the author of three books: State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Monarchy, Aristocracy, and the State in Europe, 1300-1800 (Routledge, 2001). The Feud in Early Modern Germany (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He edited the Hebrew editions of Machiavelli, The Prince (Dvir and Shalem Press, 2003) and Discourses (Shalem Press, 2010). Hillay has published his work on European history and on Machiavelli in leading scholarly journals, such as Past and Present, The Historical Journal, and History of Political Thought.
