| Description |
xxiii, 589 p. : ill. |
| Series |
The Middle Ages series |
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Middle Ages series.
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| Note |
Translated variously from Latin, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, or Greek. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[Pt.] 1. The countryside and its dependencies -- 1. Land leasing and legal status in southern Italy : three texts (964-86) -- 2. Land, money, and grain : two customary leases in the Diocese of Florence (1073, 1115) -- 3. A bequest of town and countryside properties in Eboli (1152) -- 4. Sharecropping in the Sienese contado : three texts (1232, 1257, 1293) -- 5. Bonvesin della Riva on Milan and its contado (1288) -- 6. Giovanni Villani on food shortages and famine in central Italy (1329-30, 1347-48) -- 7. A rebellion in Firenzuola (1402) -- [Pt.] 2. Spheres and structures of power : ecclesial and secular -- 8. The bishopric of Florence and the foundation of San Miniato al Monte (1013) -- 9. Proprietary religious houses in the Diocese of Salerno (1047-92) -- 10. The commune and Bishop of Florence forbid the alienation of ecclesiastical property (1159) -- 11. Episcopal lordship : scenes from the life of Ubaldo da Gubbio (ca. 1160) -- 12. Federigo Visconti's pastoral visitation to Sardinia (1263) -- 13. Origins of the commune of Cremora : three texts (996-1097) -- 14. Mechanisms of communal government : five texts (1143-84) -- 15. Empire and cities in the late twelfth century : the Peace of Constance and its aftermath : two texts (1183, 1216) -- 16. Twelfth-century administration of Corleone : two texts (1182, 1178-83) -- 17. Giovanni Villani on the ascent of the popolo in Florence (1250, 1293) -- 18. The standard bearer of Lucca appeals to local patriotism (1397) -- [Pt.] 3. The commercial revolution -- 19. A Genoese apprenticeship contract (1221) -- 20. Guild regulations for the oil vendors and grocers of Florence (1318) -- 21. The Venetian mint after the Black Death : three texts (1353) -- 22. State-run shipping in Venice (1398) -- 23. International networks in the Mediterranean (1400) -- 24. Transportation of commodities (1401) -- 25. Two cargo manifests (1400, 1399) -- 26. A run on a bank (1400) -- 27. Debt remission (1400) -- 28. Trade and diplomacy (1400) -- 29. Protectionist legislation (1400) -- 30. Usury : six texts (1161-1419) -- [Pt.] 4. Violence, warfare, and peace -- 31. The destruction of the monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno (mid-twelfth century) -- 32. The Genoese capture of Almeria (1147) -- 33. Ibn al-Athir on Sicilian Muslims under Christian rule : the 'Complete testament of history' (twelfth century) -- 34. Giovanni Cadagnello on factional strife in Piacenza (1232-35) -- 35. Giovanni Villani on the origins of the Guelfs and Ghibellines in Florence (ca. 1300) -- 36. Vendetta in fourteenth-century Siena (1321-46) -- 37. Charles of Anjou on the battle of Tagliacozzo (1268) -- 38. Giovanni Regina on Angevin military success against the Empire (1328) -- 39. Matteo Villani on peace and the common good (fourteenth century) -- 40. A mercenary soldier : John Hawkwood (1369) -- 41. Alliance in exile between the radical Ciompi and magnates against the Florentine guild republic (1379) -- 42. Lordships and city-state rivalry in Lombardy and the Veneto (1390-1405) -- 43. Maritime warfare and piracy : three texts on Genoa and Venice (1380-1403) -- [Pt.] 5. Law and order -- 44. Property rights and the legal system in Salerno (1044) -- 45. Roman law and legal studies : three texts (ca. 1124-66) -- 46. Odofredus announces his course on Roman law at Bologna (ca. 1230) -- 47. The laws of King Roger II (ca. 1140s) -- 48. A peace contract (1274) -- 49. Regulating consumption and ritual behavior : four texts (1289-1343) -- 50. Regulation of brothels in Florence : two texts (thirteenth century and 1346) -- 51. The long arm of the Florentine law : two texts (1343, 1345) -- 52. Bartolus of Sassoferrato on the making of citizens (fourteenth century) -- 53. A trial for witchcraft at Todi (1428) -- 54. A question of identity in Venetian Crete (1438) -- [Pt.] 6. The build environment -- 55. Incastellamento : two texts from Verona (906, 923) -- 56. A bath in southwest Italy (1047) -- 57. Bishop Daibert's order on the height of towers in Pisa (1090) -- 58. Ibn Jubayr's account of Messina and Palermo (1184-85) -- 59. The baptistry of Parma : fourteen texts (1196-1321) -- 60. Charles of Anjou on the foundation of a Cistercian monastery near Scurcola (Abruzzo, 1274) -- 61. Foundation of a French monastery in Abruzzo : Santa Maria della Vittoria (1277) -- 62. A contract for stonework for the monastery of Santa Maria di Realvalle (near Naples, 1279) -- 63. Jewish and Greek patronage in Apulia : two texts (1313/14, 1372/73) -- 64. Ordering the Piazza del Campo of Siena (1309) -- 65. On the city walls and build environment of Pavia (1330) -- [Pt.] 7. Rome, the papacy, and papal politics -- 66. Matilda of Canossa, papal patron : two texts (eleventh century) -- 67. The marvels of Rome (1143) -- 68. Arnald of Brescia at Rome (ca. 1162-66) -- 69. Innocent III to the hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia (1208) -- 70. A dispute with Pope Innocent III over customary rights in Alatri (1212) -- 71. Piero della Vigna's invective against the pope (mid-thirteenth century) -- 72. The jubilee year of 1300 : three texts (1300) -- 73. Cola di Rienzo and fourteenth-century Rome : twelve texts (fourteenth century) -- 74. The pacification of the patrimony of St. Peter (1355-59) -- [Pt.] 8. Disease and medical practice -- 75. Medicine in southern Italy : six texts (twelfth-fourteenth centuries) -- 76. Matteo Villani on plague and malaria (1357-58) -- 77. The curriculum in arts and medicine at Bologna (early fifteenth century) -- 78. Dissection at Bologna (early fifteenth century) -- 79. Surgery at Bologna (1405) -- [Pt.] 9. Varieties of religious experience : the Christian tradition -- 80. The Pataria : Andrea da Strumi's passion of Arialdo (late eleventh century) -- 81. Miracles of Bishop Giovanni Cacciafronte of Vicenza (1226) -- 82. Life of Raymond "the palmer" of Piacenza (1212) -- 83. Life of Umiliana de' Cerchi (1246) -- 84. Franco Sacchetti on "modern saints" (ca. 1365) -- 85. The humiliati : five texts (1184-thirteenth century) -- 86. Albertanus of Brescia : sermon to a confraternity (1250) -- 87. The confraternity of Misericordia Maggiore in Bergamo : three texts (1282-1362) -- 88. Civic veneration of the saints at Siena : six texts (1326-39) -- 89. Opicino de Canistris : confessions of a parish priest (1336) -- [Pt.] 10. Marriage, family, and children -- 90. Family and marriage in Lombard Salerno : three texts (1008-78) -- 91. Geoffrey Malaterra on the marriage of Matilda and Raymond of Toulouse : two texts (ca. 1080) -- 92. Frederick II's legislation on adultery and prostitution (1231) -- 93. The 'Customs of Salerno' on dowries (1251) -- 94. Disputed marriage in Bologna (ca. late thirteenth century) -- 95. Trees of consanguinity and affinity (ca. 1310-30) -- 96. Marriage, family, and children in the Datini family : nine texts (1375-1401) -- 97. Marriage, dowry, and remarriage in the Sassetti household (1384-97) -- 98. Family and children in the 'Libro di Ricordi' of Luca da Panzano (1425-46) -- [Pt.] 11. Education and erudition -- 99. Giovanni Villani on the schools of Florence (late 1330s) -- 100. Schooling for a girl (1399, 1402) -- 101. Grammar school : two texts (1360s, 1406) -- 102. Learning to read : 'La tavola' (ca. mid-fourteenth century) -- 103. Learning to Latinize : 'Donadello' (ca. mid-fourteenth century) -- 104. Learning to reckon : Leonardo Fibonacci's 'Book of Abbaco' (1202; revised 1228) -- 105. Universitas : a papal bull in favor of the University of Bologna (1220) -- 106. Duties of the rectors of the Universitates at Bologna (1317-47) -- 107. Rules governing booksellers at Bologna (1317-47) -- 108. Frederick II 'On the art of hunting with birds' (ca. 1428) -- 109. A graduation sermon of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples (fourteenth century) -- [Pt.] 12. Social memory, history, commemoration -- 110. A bilingual Jewish tombstone inscription in Oria (eighth century) -- 111. Composite chronicles from Bari (ca. marcreport |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Italy -- History -- 476-1268 -- Sources.
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Italy -- History -- 1268-1492 -- Sources.
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Electronic books.
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Jansen, Katherine Ludwig, 1957-
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Drell, Joanna H., 1965-
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Andrews, Frances.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780812241648 (acid-free paper) |
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0812241649 (acid-free paper) |
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9780812220582 |
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9780812206067 (electronic bk.) |
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