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Chapter I:
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How many kinds of principalities there are, and by what means they are acquired.
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Chapter II:
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Concerning hereditary principles.
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Chapter III:
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Concerning mixed principalities.
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Chapter IV:
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Why the kingdom of darius, conquered by alexander, did not rebel against the successors of alexander at his death.
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Chapter V:
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Concerning the way to govern cities or principalities which lived under their own laws before they were annexed.
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Chapter VI:
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Concerning new principalities which are acquired by one's own arms and ability.
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Chapter VII:
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CHAPTER VII. Concerning new principalities which are acquired either by the arms of others or by good fortune.
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Chapter VIII:
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Concerning those who have obtained a principality by wickedness.
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Chapter IX:
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Concerning a civil principality.
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Chapter X:
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Concerning the way in which the strength of all principalities ought to be measured.
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Chapter XI:
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Concerning ecclesiastical principalities.
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Chapter XII:
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How many kinds of soldiery there are, and concerning mercenaries.
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Chapter XIII:
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Concerning auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one's own.
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Chapter XIV:
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That which concerns a prince on the subject of the art of war.
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Chapter XV:
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Concerning things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed.
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Chapter XVI:
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Concerning liberality and meanness.
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Chapter XVII:
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Concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared.
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Chapter XVIII:
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Concerning the way in which princes should keep faith.
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Chapter XIX:
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That one should avoid being despised and hated.
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Chapter XX:
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Are fortresses, and many other things to which princes often resort, advantageous or hurtful?
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Chapter XXI:
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How a prince should conduct himself so as to gain renown.
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Chapter XXII:
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Concerning the secretaries of princes.
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Chapter XXIII:
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How flatterers should be avoided.
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Chapter XXIV:
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The princes of italy have lost their states.
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Chapter XXV:
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What fortune can effect in human affairs, and how to withstand her
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Chapter XXVI:
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An exhortation to liberate italy from the barbarians.
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