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The Education of a Christian Prince is a Renaissance " how-to " book for princes, advising them on how to be a " good Christian " prince.

The book was dedicated to Prince Charles, who later became Habsburg Emperor Charles V. It was written by Desiderius Erasmus in 1516, the same year as Thomas More finished his Utopia and only three years after Machiavelli had written his antithetical advice book for princes Il Principe.

The latter, however, was not published until 1532, 16 years later.