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| Contents According to Chronology and Geography | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Note on Dating and Currency | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| The Countryside and Its Dependencies | |
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| Land Leasing and Legal Status in Southern Italy: Three Texts (964-86) translated from Latin | |
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| Land, Money, and Grain: Two Customary Leases in the Diocese of Florence (1073, 1115) translated from Latin | |
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| A Bequest of Town and Countryside Properties in Eboli (1152) translated from Latin | |
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| Sharecropping in the Sienese Contado: Three Texts (1232, 1257, 1293) translated from Latin | |
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| Bonvesin della Riva on Milan and Its Contado (1288) translated from Latin | |
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| Giovanni Villani on Food Shortages and Famine in Central Italy (1329-30, 1347-48) translated from Italian | |
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| A Rebellion in Firenzuola (1402) translated from Latin | |
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| Spheres and Structures of Power: Ecclesiastical and Secular | |
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| The Bishopric of Florence and the Foundation of San Miniato al Monte (1013) translated from Latin | |
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| Proprietary Religious Houses in the Diocese of Salerno (1047-92) translated from Latin | |
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| The Commune and Bishop of Florence Forbid the Alienation of Ecclesiastical Property (1159) translated from Latin | |
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| Episcopal Lordship: Scenes from the Life of Ubaldo da Gubbio (ca. 1160) translated from Latin | |
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| Federigo Visconti's Pastoral Visitation to Sardinia (1263) translated from Latin | |
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| Origins of the Commune of Cremona: Three Texts (996-1097) translated from Latin | |
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| Mechanisms of Communal Government: Five Texts (1143-84) translated from Latin | |
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| Empire and Cities in the Late Twelfth Century: The Peace of Constance and Its Aftermath: Two Texts (1183, 1216) translated from Latin | |
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| Twelfth-Century Administration of Corleone: Two Texts (1182, 1178-83) translated from Arabic | |
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| Giovanni Villani on the Ascent of the Popolo in Florence (1250, 1293) translated from Italian | |
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| The Standard Bearer of Lucca appeals to Local Patriotism (1397) translated from Latin | |
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| The Commercial Revolution | |
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| A Genoese Apprenticeship Contract (1221) translated from Latin | |
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| Guild Regulations for the Oil Vendors and Grocers of Florence (1318) translated from Italian | |
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| The Venetian Mint After the Black Death: Three Texts (1353) translated from Latin | |
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| State-Run Shipping in Venice (1398) translated from Latin | |
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| International Networks in the Mediterranean (1400) translated from Italian | |
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| Transportation of Commodities (1401) translated from Italian | |
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| Two Cargo Manifests (1400, 1399) translated from Italian | |
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| A Run on a Bank (1400) translated from Italian | |
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| Debt Remission (1400) translated from Italian | |
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| Trade and Diplomacy (1400) translated from Italian | |
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| Protectionist Legislation (1400) translated from Spanish | |
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| Usury: Six Texts (1161-1419) translated from Latin | |
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| Violence, Warfare, and Peace | |
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| The Destruction of the Monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno (mid-twelfth century) translated from Latin | |
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| The Genoese Capture of Almer�a (1147) translated from Latin | |
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| Ibn al-Athir on Sicilian Muslims Under Christian Rule: The Complete Treatment of History (twelfth century) translated from Arabic | |
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| Giovanni Codagnello on Factional Strife in Piacenza (1232-35) translated from Latin | |
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| Giovanni Villani on the Origins of the Guelfs and Ghibellines in Florence (ca. 1300) translated from Italian | |
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| Vendetta in Fourteenth-Century Siena (1321-46) translated from Latin | |
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| Charles of Anjou on the Battle of Tagliacozzo (1268) introduced by Caroline Bruzelius; translated from Latin | |
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| Giovanni Regina on Angevin Military Success Against the Empire (1328) translated from Latin | |
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| Matteo Villani on Peace and the Common Good (fourteenth Century) translated from Italian | |
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| A Mercenary Soldier: John Hawkwood (1369) translated from Italian | |
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| Alliance in Exile Between the Radical Ciompi and Magnates Against the Florentine Guild Republic (1379) translated from Latin | |
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| Lordships and City-State Rivalry in Lombardy and the Veneto (1390-1405) translated from Italian | |
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| Maritime Warfare and Piracy: Three Texts on Genoa and Venice (1380-1403) translated from Italian | |
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| Law and Order | |
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| Property Rights and the Legal System in Salerno (1044) translated from Latin | |
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| Roman Law and Legal Studies: Three Texts (ca. 1124-66) translated from Latin | |
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| Odofredus Announces His Course on Roman Law at Bologna (ca. 1230) translated from Latin | |
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| The Laws of King Roger II (ca. 1140s) translated from Latin | |
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| A Peace Contract (1274) translated from Latin | |
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| Regulating Consumption and Ritual Behavior: Four Texts (1289-1343) translated from Latin | |
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| Regulation of Brothels in Florence: Two Texts (thirteenth century and 1346) translated from Latin | |
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| The Long Arm of the Florentine Law: Two Texts (1343, 1345) translated from Latin | |
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| Bartolus of Sassoferrato on the Making of Citizens (fourteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| A Trial for Witchcraft at Todi (1428) translated from Latin | |
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| A Question of Identity in Venetian Crete (1438) translated from Latin | |
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| The Built Environment | |
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| Incastellamento: Two Texts from Verona (906, 923) translated from Latin | |
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| A Bath in Southwest Italy (1047) translated from Latin | |
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| Bishop Daibert's Order on the Height of Towers in Pisa (1090) translated from Latin | |
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| Ibn Jubayr's Account of Messina and Palermo (1184-85) translated from Arabic | |
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| The Baptistry of Parma: Fourteen Texts (1196-1321) translated from Latin | |
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| Charles of Anjou on the Foundation of a Cistercian Monastery near Scurcola (Abruzzo, 1274) introduced by Caroline Bruzelius; translated from Latin | |
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| Foundation of a French Monastery in Abruzzo: Santa Maria Della Vittoria (1277) introduced by Caroline Bruzelius; translated from Latin | |
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| A Contract for Stonework for the Monastery of Santa Maria di Realvalle (near Naples, 1279) introduced by Caroline Bruzelius; translated from Latin | |
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| Jewish and Greek Patronage in Apulia: Two Texts (1313/14, 1372/73) translated from Hebrew and Greek | |
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| Ordering the Piazza del Campo of Siena (1309) translated from Italian | |
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| On the City Walls and Built Environment of Pavia (1330) translated from Latin | |
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| Rome, the Papacy, and Papal Politics | |
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| Matilda of Canossa, Papal Patron: Two Texts (eleventh century) translated from Latin | |
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| The Marvels of Rome (1143) translated from Latin | |
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| Arnald of Brescia at Rome (ca. 1162-66) translated from Latin | |
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| Innocent III to the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia (1208) translated from Latin | |
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| A Dispute with Pope Innocent III over Customary Rights in Alatri (1212) translated from Latin | |
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| Piero della Vigna's Invective Against the Pope (mid-thirteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| The Jubilee Year of 1300: Three Texts (1300) translated from Latin | |
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| Cola di Rienzo and Fourteenth-Century Rome: Twelve Texts (fourteenth century) translated from Italian and Latin | |
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| The Pacification of the Patrimony of St. Peter (1355-59) translated from Italian | |
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| Disease and Medical Practice | |
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| Medicine in Southern Italy: Six Texts (twelfth-fourteenth centuries) translated from Latin | |
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| Matteo Villani on Plague and Malaria (1357-58) translated from Italian | |
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| The Curriculum in Arts and Medicine at Bologna (early fifteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Dissection at Bologna (early fifteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Surgery at Bologna (1405) translated from Latin | |
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| Varieties of Religious Experience: The Christian Tradition | |
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| The Pataria: Andrea da Strumi's Passion of Arialdo (late eleventh century) translated from Latin | |
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| Miracles of Bishop Giovanni Cacciafronte of Vicenza (1226) translated from Latin | |
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| Life of Raymond "the Palmer" of Piacenza (1212) translated from Latin | |
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| Life of Umiliana de' Cerchi (1246) translated from Latin | |
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| Franco Sacchetti on "Modern Saints" (ca. 1365) translated from Italian | |
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| The Humiliati: Five Texts (1184-thirteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Albertanus of Brescia: Sermon to a Confraternity (1250) introduced by James M. Powell; translated from Latin | |
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| The Confraternity of the Misericordia Maggiore in Bergamo: Three Texts (1282-1362) translated from Latin | |
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| Civic Veneration of the Saints at Siena: Six Texts (1326-39) translated from Latin | |
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| Opicino de Canistris: Confessions of a Parish Priest (1336) translated from Latin | |
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| Marriage, Family, and Children | |
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| Family and Marriage in Lombard Salerno: Three Texts (1008-78) translated from Latin | |
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| Geoffrey Malaterra on the Marriage of Matilda and Raymond of Toulouse: Two Texts (ca. 1080) translated from Latin | |
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| Frederick II's Legislation on Adultery and Prostitution (1231) translated from Latin | |
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| The Customs of Salerno on Dowries (1251) translated from Latin | |
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| Disputed Marriage in Bologna (ca. late thirteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Trees of Consanguinity and Affinity (ca. 1310-30) introduced | |
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| Marriage, Family, and Children in the Datini Family: Nine Texts (1375-1401) translated from Italian | |
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| Marriage, Dowry, and Remarriage in the Sassetti Household (1384-97) translated from Italian | |
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| Family and Children in the Libro di Ricordi of Luca da Panzano (1425-46) translated from Italian | |
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| Education and Erudition | |
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| Local Schools and Elementary Education | |
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| Giovanni Villani on the Schools of Florence (late 1330s) translated from Italian | |
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| Schooling for a Girl (1399, 1402) translated from Latin | |
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| Grammer School: Two Texts (1360s, 1406) translated from Italian | |
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| Learning to Read: La Tavola (ca. mid-fourteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Learning to Latinize: Donadello (ca. mid-fourteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Learning to Reckon: Leonardo Fibonacci's Book of Abbaco (1202; revised 1228) translated from Latin | |
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| The University of Bologna | |
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| Universitas: A Papal Bull in Favor of the University of Bologna (1220) translated from Latin | |
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| Duties of the Rectors of the Universitates at Bologna (1317-47) translated from Latin | |
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| Rules Governing Booksellers at Bologna (1317-47) translated from Latin | |
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| Royal Erudition | |
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| Frederick II On the Art of Hunting with Birds (ca. 1248) translated from Latin | |
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| A Graduation Sermon of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples (fourteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Social Memory, History, Commemoration | |
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| A Bilingual Jewish Tombstone Inscription in Oria (eighth century) translated from Hebrew and Latin | |
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| Composite Chronicles from Bari (ca. 1000-1117) translated from Latin | |
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| Will of Docibilis I of Gaeta (906) translated from Latin | |
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| Foundation of a Monastery in Byzantine Calabria (1053/4) translated from Greek and Italian | |
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| The Scroll or Genealogy of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel: Jewish Learning, Myth, and Ideals in an Uncertain Salentine World (1054) translated from Hebrew | |
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| Henry of Rimini's Paean to Venice (ca. 1300) translated from Latin | |
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| Four Bolognese Wills (1337) translated from Latin | |
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| Chronicle of Parthenope (Naples, fourteenth century) translated from Latin | |
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| Philipoctus de Caserta's Song Text on Louis, Duke of Anjou (ca. 1382) translated from French | |
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| Gift-Giving in Paduan Churches: Four Texts (1374-1405) translated from Latin | |
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| Church Inventories from Cortona: Two Texts (1429) translated from Latin | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Maps | |
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| Genealogical Tables | |
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| Medieval Popes, ca. 950-1430 | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgments | |