Major Works

• The Prince

  - Recommended Translation: The Prince, trans. Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, 2nd ed.) Originally published in 1532.
  Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.’s translation of Machiavelli’s The Prince (2nd ed., 1998) is widely regarded as a standout version due to its combination of linguistic precision and philosophical depth. Mansfield’s translation remains faithful to the… More

Other Works

• The Chief Works, and Others

  - Recommended Translation: The Chief Works and Others, trans. Allan H. Gilbert. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1965 (3 vols.)

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.

• “Machiavelli: The Republican Citizen and the Author of ‘The Prince'”

  - Hans Baron. "Machiavelli: The Republican Citizen and the Author of The Prince." English Historical Review 76 (1961): 217-53.

• “Per il testo ‘De Principatibus’ di Niccolò Machiavelli”

  - A. E. Quaglio. "Per il testo 'De Principatibus' di Niccolò Machiavelli." Lettere Italane 19 (1967): 141-86.

• Discourses on Machiavelli

  - J. H. Whitfield. Discourses on Machiavelli. Cambridge: Heffer, 1969.

• “The Originality of Machiavelli”

  - Isaiah Berlin. "The Originality of Machiavelli." In Against the Current, 25-79. New York: Viking Press, 1980.

• Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico

  - Gennaro Sasso. Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico. Bologna: il Mulino, 1980.

• “Quentin Skinner’s Method and Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

  - Nathan Tarcov. "Quentin Skinner's Method and Machiavelli's Prince." Ethics 92 (1982): 692-709.

• “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.
  In the essay “Niccolò Machiavelli,” included in the third edition of History of Political Philosophy (1987), editor Leo Strauss offers a profound analysis of Machiavelli’s political theories. Strauss examines Machiavelli’s departure… More

• Machiavelli in Hell

  - Sebastian DeGrazia. Machiavelli in Hell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989.

• Machiavelli and Mystery of State

  - Peter S. Donaldson. Machiavelli and Mystery of State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

• “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.

• 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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

Multimedia

• How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?

  - "How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?," lecture delivered by Quentin Skinner at the University of York, 2013.

• Harvey Mansfield on Niccolò Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity

  - Conversations with Bill Kristol, Dec. 2015.
  Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield explains why we should consider Machiavelli not only the founder of modern politics but also a founder of modern science and economics. What was the character of Machiavelli’s critique of Christian morality? Why did he… More