INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY OF NICCOLó MACHIAVELLI7S LIFE AND WORK HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF The Prince THE PRINCE DEDICATION I. OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIRED II. OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMS III. OF MIXED PRINCEDOMS IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDER'S DEATH, REBEL AGAINST His SUCCESSORS V. How CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNED VI. OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH His OWN ARMS AND BY MERIT VII. OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOOD FORTUNE VIII. OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCES IX. OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOM X. HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED XI. OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMS XII. HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIES XIII. OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMS XIV. OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS XV. OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF ALL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED XVI. OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINESS