Commentary

• Machiavelli’s Prince and Its Forerunners: ‘The Prince’ as a Typical Book de Regimine Principum

  - Allan H. Gilbert. Machiavelli's Prince and Its Forerunners: 'The Prince' as a Typical Book de Regimine Principum. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1938.

• Studi sul linguaggio del Machiavelli

  - Fredi Chiappelli. Studi sul linguaggio del Machiavelli. Florence: Le Monnier, 1952.

• Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss

  - Leo Strauss. Thoughts on Machiavelli. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1958.

• Machiavelli and the Renaissance

  - Federico Chabod. Machiavelli and the Renaissance. Translated by David Moore. London: Bowes and Bowes, 1958.

• Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy

  - J. R. Hale. Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy. London: English Universities Press, 1960.

• “The Idea of Liberty in Machiavelli”

  - Marcia Colish. "The Idea of Liberty in Machiavelli." Journal of the History of Ideas 32 (1971): 323-51.

• Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought

  - Martin Fleisher, ed. Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought. New York: Atheneum, 1972.

• “The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli”

  - Conor Cruise O'Brien. "The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli." In The Suspecting Glance. London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

• The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli’s Philosophy

  - Anthony Parel, ed. The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli's Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.

• Machiavelli in the Making

  - Claude Lefort. Machiavelli in the Making. Translated by Michael B. Smith. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2012. Originally published as Le travail de l'oeuvre Machiavel (Paris: Gallimard, 1972).

• “The Theme of ‘Gloria’ in Machiavelli”

  - Russell Price. "The Theme of Gloria in Machiavelli." Renaissance Quarterly 30 (1977): 588-631.

• Naissances de la politique moderne: Machiavel, Hobbes, Rousseau

  - Pierre Manent. Naissances de la politique moderne: Machiavel, Hobbes, Rousseau. Paris: Payot, 1977.

• “Machiavelli’s Unchristian Charity”

  - Clifford Orwin. "Machiavelli's Unchristian Charity." American Political Science Review 72, no. 4 (1978): 1217-28.

• Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”

  - Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
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• “On Machiavelli’s ‘Mandragola'”

  - Carnes Lord. "On Machiavelli's 'Mandragola'." The Journal of Politics 41, no. 3 (1979): 806-27.

• Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli

  - Hanna Pitkin. Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.

• Machiavelli and the History of Prudence

  - Eugene Garver. Machiavelli and the History of Prudence. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.

• “How Original Is Machiavelli?”

  - W. R. Newell. "How Original Is Machiavelli?" Political Theory 15 (1987): 612-34.

• “Niccolò Machiavelli”

  - Leo Strauss. "Niccolò Machiavelli." In History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

• Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli’s Confidence Men

  - Wayne A. Rebhorn. Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli's Confidence Men. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.

• On the Intelligibility of Political Philosophy: Essays of Charles N. R. McCoy

  - Charles N. R. McCoy. On the Intelligibility of Political Philosophy: Essays of Charles N. R. McCoy. Edited by James V. Schall and John J. Schrems. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1989.

• Machiavelli and Republicanism by Bock, Skinner, and Viroli

  - Gisela Bock, Quentin Skinner and Maurizio Viroli, eds. Machiavelli and Republicanism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

• The Machiavellian Cosmos

  - Anthony Parel. The Machiavellian Cosmos. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.

• Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature

  - A. R. Ascoli and Victoria Kahn, eds. Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993.

• “Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil” by Pierre Manent

  - Pierre Manent. "Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil." Chap. 2 in An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.

• Machiavelli’s Virtue.

  - Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

• Machiavelli’s Virtue by Harvey Mansfield

  - Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.  Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

• Machiavelli’s Three Romes: Religion, Human Liberty, and Politics Reformed

  - Vickie B. Sullivan. Machiavelli's Three Romes: Religion, Human Liberty, and Politics Reformed. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 1996.

• Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction

  - Quentin Skinner. Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

• “Situating Machiavelli”

  - Paul Rahe. "Situating Machiavelli." Chap. 10 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

• “Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism”

  - Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. "Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism." Chap. 8 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

• “Interpretive Essay”

  - Christopher Lynch. “Interpretive Essay.” In Niccolò Machiavelli, Art of War, translated by Christopher Lynch, 179–226. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

• “Arms and Politics in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

  - Nathan Tarcov. "Arms and Politics in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 8 in Entre Kant et Kosovo: études offertes à Pierre Hassner. Edited by Anne-Marie Le Gloannec et Aleksander Smolar. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2003.

• “Freedom, Republics, and Peoples in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'” by Nathan Tarcov

  - Nathan Tarcov. "Freedom, Republics, and Peoples in Machiavelli’s 'Prince'." Chap. 8 in Freedom and the Human Person, edited by Richard Velkley. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2003.

• The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition

  - J. G. A. Pocock. The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.

• Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the Formation of a Liberal Republicanism in England

  - Vickie B. Sullivan. Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the Formation of a Liberal Republicanism in England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

• “The Roman Agrarian Laws and Machiavelli’s modi privati”

  - Eric Nelson. "The Roman Agrarian Laws and Machiavelli's modi privati." Chap. 2 in The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

• Machiavelli and Empire

  - Mikael Hörnqvist. Machiavelli and Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

• Machiavelli’s God

  - Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli's God. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Originally published as Il Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia (Rome: Laterza, 2005).

• Publishing “The Prince”: History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism

  - Jacob Soll. Publishing "The Prince": History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005.

• Machiavelli—The First Century: Studies in Enthusiasm, Hostility, and Irrelevance

  - Sydney Anglo. Machiavelli—The First Century: Studies in Enthusiasm, Hostility, and Irrelevance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

• Discourses on Strauss: Revelation and Reason in Leo Strauss and His Critical Study of Machiavelli

  - Kim A. Sorensen. Discourses on Strauss: Revelation and Reason in Leo Strauss and His Critical Study of Machiavelli. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006.

• “Law and Innovation in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

  - Nathan Tarcov. "Law and Innovation in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 5 in Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner, edited by Svetozar Minkov, with the assistance of Stéphane Douard. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2006.

• Machiavelli’s Liberal Republican Legacy

  - Paul A. Rahe, ed. Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

• “The Problem of the Prince”

  - Eric Nelson. "The Problem of the Prince." Chap. 17 in The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

• Machiavelli: A Beginner’s Guide

  - Cary Nederman. Machiavelli: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2009.

• “Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3-5 of Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

  - Michael Anton. "Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3-5 of Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Perspectives on Political Science 38, no. 1 (2009): 33-46.

• Machiavelli’s Ethics

  - Erica Benner. Machiavelli's Ethics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.

• “‘The Life of Castruccio Castracani’: Machiavelli as Literary Artist, Historian, Teacher and Philosopher”

  - Catherine Zuckert. "'The Life of Castruccio Castracani': Machiavelli as Literary Artist, Historian, Teacher and Philosopher." History of Political Thought 31, no. 4 (2010): 577-603.

• “The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli’s ‘Arte della Guerra’: Reforming Ancient Matter”

  - Christopher Lynch. "The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli's 'Arte della Guerra': Reforming Ancient Matter." History of Political Thought 31, no. 3 (2010): 407-25.

• The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli

  - John Najemy, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

• Machiavelli and Us

  - Louis Althusser. Machiavelli and Us. Translated by Gregory Elliott. 2nd ed. London: Verso, 2011.

• “Machiavelli and the Art of Political Founding”

  - Steven Smith. "Machiavelli and the Art of Political Founding." Chap. 7 in Political Philosophy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.