Italy in the central Middle Ages, 1000-1300

Cover
Contents
General Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Introduction: The many Italies of the Middle Ages
PART I: RULERS AND SUBJECTS
	1 Cities and communes
		Introduction
		Origins of the communes
		Civic institutions, office-holding, and law
		Warfare and city leagues
		Urban elites and factionalism
		Conclusion
	2 Law and monarchy in the south
		Norman unification
		The Norman kingdom of Sicily
		The kingdom as a political entity
		Kingship and the royal court
		Norman administration
		The kings’ ambitions and diplomacy
		Transition
		Frederick II
		Restoration of royal authority
		The Norman inheritance
		A changed kingdom
		The dismemberment of Frederick II’s dominion
		Charles of Anjou and the two kingdoms
		The Sicilian Vespers and arrival of the king of Aragon
		The two kingdoms of Sicily and Naples
	3 Papal Italy
		Introduction
		The pope and the emperors
		The papal recovery
		Institutions
		North and south
		Papal itineration
		Development and support for the faith
		Defending the faith: heresy
		The Jubilee
		Conclusion
	4 The rise of the signori
		Piacenza
		Verona
		Milan
		Ferrara
		Some common themes
PART II: SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
	5 Trade and navigation
		Italian maritime expansion in the western Mediterranean
		Italian maritime expansion in the eastern Mediterranean
		Italian cities and the Mediterranean, 1200–1350
		Technical and institutional aspects of Italian maritime commerce
		Maritime commerce and the Italian economy
	6 Material life
		Buildings and living conditions
		Personal possessions: the domestic life
		Tools and equipment
		Food and ephemera
		Luxury items
		Conclusions
	7 Rural Italy
		The rural landscape: castelli and lords
		Parallel developments in southern Italy
		The rural communes
		The rural economy
		Conclusion
	8 The family
		General themes
		Wives, husbands, and children
		The role of government
		Names
		Stories of family life
	9 Language and culture
		Language in Italy c.1000
		Linguistic change up to 1300
		Cultural centres, schools, and libraries
		The first documents in the vernacular and para-literary traditions
		The establishment of literary traditions
PART III: THE OTHER FACES OF ITALY
	10 The Italian other: Greeks, Muslims, and Jews
		The Greeks
		The Muslims
		The Jews
		Conclusion
	11 Sardinia and Italy
		The papacy and Sardinia: political and ecclesiastical intervention
		The political penetration of Pisa and Genoa in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
		Judicial dynasties and mainland lords
		The end of the judicatures and Pisan Sardinia
		Pisan and Genoese economic activity in Sardinia: modes and consequences
		The Catalan–Aragonese conquest and the end of Pisan Sardinia
Conclusion
Further reading
Glossary
Chronology
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