This classic is organized as follows:
Part One. Medieval Diplomacy, Fifteenth Century
I. The Legal Framework
II. Diplomatic Principals and Diplomatic Agents
III. Diplomatic Practice
IV. Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities
Part Two. The Italian Beginnings of Modern Diplomacy
V. The Renaissance Environment
VI. Precedents for Resident Embassies
VII. The First Resident Agents
VIII. The Milanese Wars and the Peace of Lodi (1444-1454)
IX. The Concert of Italy (1455-1494)
X. The Machinery of Renaissance Diplomacy
XI. The Duties of a Resident Ambassador
Part Three. Sixteenth-Century Diplomacy
XII. The European Powers
XIII. The French Invasion of Italy
XIV. The Spanish Intervention
XV. The Spanish Diplomatic Service
XVI. The Spread of the New Diplomacy
XVII. Dynastic Power Politics
XVIII. French Diplomacy and the Breaking-Up of Christendom
XIX. The Habsburg System
XX. The Wars of Religion
XXI. The Ambassadors of Ill-Will
Part Four. Early Modern Diplomacy
XXII. The Perfect Ambassador
XXIII. The Imperfect Princes
XXIV. Men Sent to Lie Abroad
XXV. The Embassy Routine
XXVI. The Game at Chess
XXVII. The New Immunities
XXVIII. Law Among Nations
