i. | Dedication |
I. | How Many Kinds Of Principalities There Are, And By What Means They Are Acquired |
II. | Concerning Hereditary Principalities |
III. | Concerning Mixed Principalities |
IV. | Why The Kingdom Of Darius, Conquered By Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against The Successors Of Alexander At His Death |
V. | Concerning The Way To Govern Cities Or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed |
VI. | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And Ability |
VII | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either By The Arms Of Others Or By Good Fortune |
VIII. | Concerning Those Who Have Obtained A Principality By Wickedness |
IX. | Concerning A Civil Principality |
X. | Concerning The Way In Which The Strength Of All Principalities Ought To Be Measured |
XI. | Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities |
XII. | How Many Kinds Of Soldiery There Are, And Concerning Mercenaries |
XIII. | Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One's Own |
XIV. | That Which Concerns A Prince On The Subject Of The Art Of War |
XV. | Concerning Things For Which Men, And Especially Princes, Are Praised Or Blamed |
XVI. | Concerning Liberality And Meanness |
XVII. | Concerning Cruelty And Clemency, And Whether It Is Better To Be Loved Than Feared |
XVIII | Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith |
XIX. | That One Should Avoid Being Despised And Hated |
XX. | Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful? |
XXI. | How A Prince Should Conduct Himself So As To Gain Renown |
XXII. | Concerning The Secretaries Of Princes |
XXIII. | How Flatterers Should Be Avoided |
XXIV. | Why The Princes Of Italy Have Lost Their States |
XXV. | What Fortune Can Effect In Human Affairs And How To Withstand Her |
XXVI. | An Exhortation To Liberate Italy From The Barbarians |