| Preface | |
| Abbreviations Used in the Notes and Bibliography | |
| Ch. 1 | Origines (1486-1511) | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Humanist Physician (1512-1527) | 14 |
| Ch. 3 | Leonine Rome (1513-1521) | 20 |
| Ch. 4 | Leo X and the Quest for the Libertas Italiae (1513-1521) | 28 |
| Ch. 5 | Adrian VI (1521-1523) | 42 |
| Ch. 6 | Clement VII and the Sack of Rome (1523-1527) | 60 |
| Ch. 7 | Ischia (1527-1528) | 86 |
| Ch. 8 | Papal Courtier (1528-1534) | 106 |
| Ch. 9 | Transitions (1535-1538) | 136 |
| Ch. 10 | Courtier of the Farnese (1539-1544) | 164 |
| Ch. 11 | The Elusive Prize (1545-1549) | 200 |
| Ch. 12 | De Senectute (1549-1552) | 229 |
| Conclusion: Ad Sempiternam Vitam | 263 |
| Appendix 1 Giovio's Ecclesiastical Benefices | 285 |
| Appendix 2 Sequence of Composition of the Histories | 287 |
| Appendix 3 First Editions of Giovio's Works | 289 |
| Notes | 291 |
| Select Bibliography of Works Frequently Cited | 373 |
| Index | 383 |
