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Index
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Translator’s Note
Map
The Prince
Letter to Lorenzo de’ Medici
1: Different kinds of states and how to conquer them
2: Hereditary monarchies
3: Mixed monarchies
4: Conquered by Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Darius did not rebel against his successors after his death. Why not?
5: How to govern cities and states that were previously self-governing
6: States won by the new ruler’s own forces and abilities
7: States won by lucky circumstance and someone else’s armed forces
8: States won by crime
9: Monarchy with public support
10: Assessing a state’s strength
11: Church states
12: Different kinds of armies and a consideration of mercenary forces
13: Auxiliaries, combined forces and citizen armies
14: A ruler and his army
15: What men and particularly rulers are praised and blamed for
16: Generosity and meanness
17: Cruelty and compassion. Whether it’s better to be feared or loved
18: A ruler and his promises
19: Avoiding contempt and hatred
20: Whether fortresses and other strategies rulers frequently adopt are useful
21: What a ruler should do to win respect
22: A ruler’s ministers
23: Avoiding flatterers
24: Why Italian rulers have lost their states
25: The role of luck in human affairs, and how to defend against it
26: An appeal to conquer Italy and free it from foreign occupation
Glossary of Proper Names
Copyright Page
Footnotes
11: Church states
Page 47
13: Auxiliaries, combined forces and citizen armies
Page 56
17: Cruelty and compassion. Whether it’s better to be feared or loved
Page 65
18: A ruler and his promises
Page 71
26: An appeal to conquer Italy and free it from foreign occupation
Page 102
Page 103
Page 105
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