by Nicolò Machiavelli
Written c. 1505, published 1515
Translated by W. K. Marriott
1908
Rendered into HTML by Jon Roland of the Constitution Society
Table of Contents
| Chapter I | How Many Kinds Of Principalities There Are, And By What Means They Are Acquired |
| Chapter II | Concerning Hereditary Principalities |
| Chapter III | Concerning Mixed Principalities |
| Chapter IV | Why The Kingdom Of Darius, Conquered By Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against The Successors Of Alexander At His Death |
| Chapter V | Concerning The Way To Govern Cities Or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed |
| Chapter VI | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One’s Own Arms And Ability |
| Chapter VII | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either By The Arms Of Others Or By Good Fortune |
| Chapter VIII | Concerning Those Who Have Obtained A Principality By Wickedness |
| Chapter IX | Concerning A Civil Principality |
| Chapter X | Concerning The Way In Which The Strength Of All Principalities Ought To Be Measured |
| Chapter XI | Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities |
| Chapter XII | How Many Kinds Of Soldiery There Are, And Concerning Mercenaries |
| Chapter XIII | Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One’s Own |
| Chapter XIV | That Which Concerns A Prince On The Subject Of The Art Of War |
| Chapter XV | Concerning Things For Which Men, And Especially Princes, Are Praised Or Blamed |
| Chapter XVI | Concerning Liberality And Meanness |
| Chapter XVII | Concerning Cruelty And Clemency, And Whether It Is Better To Be Loved Than Feared |
| Chapter XVIII | Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith |
| Chapter XIX | That One Should Avoid Being Despised And Hated |
| Chapter XX | Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful? |
| Chapter XXI | How A Prince Should Conduct Himself As To Gain Renown |
| Chapter XXII | Concerning The Secretaries Of Princes |
| Chapter XXIII | How Flatterers Should Be Avoided |
| Chapter XXIV | The Princes Of Italy Have Lost Their States |
| Chapter XXV | What Fortune Can Effect In Human Affairs, And How To Withstand Her |
| Chapter XXVI | An Exhortation To Liberate Italy From The Barbarians |
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| Original URL: http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm | Text Version | PDF Version Maintained: Jon Roland of the Constitution Society Original date: 1997 July 10 — Updated: 2005 September 20 |
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