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HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities. Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has…
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- Chapter IFree
- Chapter II.: Concerning Hereditary PrincipalitiesFree
- Chapter III.: Concerning Mixed PrincipalitiesFree
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- Chapter VFree
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- Chapter VIIFree
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- Chapter IX.: Concerning A CIVIL PrincipalityFree
- Chapter XFree
- Chapter XI.: Concerning Ecclesiastical PrincipalitiesFree
- Chapter XIIFree
- Chapter XIII.: Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One’s OwnFree
- Chapter XIVFree
- Chapter XVFree
- Chapter XVI.: Concerning Liberality And MeannessFree
- Chapter XVIIFree
- Chapter XVIII.[1]Free
- Chapter XIX.: That One Should Avoid Being Despised And HatedFree
- Chapter XX.Free
- Chapter XXI.: How A Prince Should Conduct Himself So As To Gain RenownFree
- Chapter XXII.: Concerning The Secretaries Of PrincesFree
- Chapter XXIII.: How Flatterers Should Be AvoidedFree
- Chapter XXIV.: Why The Princes Of Italy Have Lost Their StatesFree
- Chapter XXVFree
- Chapter XXVI.: An Exhortation To Liberate Italy From The BarbariansFree
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