Chronological Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Maps
Introduction
I. The Early Middle Ages
1. The Grandeur of Rome
2. The Roman Baths
3. The Humble Townspeople: Graffiti and Election Notices on the Walls of Pompeii
4. The Impact of the "Barbarian Invasions" on Fifth-Century Towns
5. Gregory of Tours's Ode to Dijon in the Sixth Century
6. Toll Exemptions in French Towns
7. The Raids of the Northmen
8. The Magyar Raids
9. The Creation of Bruges
10. Otto I Grants a Market in Bremen to the Archbishop of Hamburg, 965
11. The Origins of the Saxon Towns
12. The Customs and Rents of Hereford According to Domesday Book, 1086
13. Grant of Privileges to the Castilians, Mozarabs, and Franks of Toledo, 1086-1118
14. German Colonization in the East
15. Archaeological Excavations in Tenth-Century York
II. Communes, Government, and External Relations
16. The People of Cologne Rebel Against Their Archbishop, 1074
17. The Formation of a Commune at Laon, 1116
18. The Customs of Lorris, 1155
19. The Lombard Communes As Viewed by a German Bishop
20. Royal Charters Granted to Dublin, 1192-1229
21. Lübeck Is Made an Imperial City, 1226
22. The German Emperor Annuls All City Charters, 1231-32
23. Election of the Podestà, Consuls, and Officials of Volterra, 1224
24. The Magnates and the Rise of the Popolo and Guilds in Florence, 1207-1328
25. The Greater versus the Lesser Citizens in Bristol, 1316
26. "Mother" Towns: Breslau Adopts the Charter of Magdeburg, 1261
27. "Daughter" Towns: The Citizens of Culm Seek Advice from the City Rulers of Magdeburg, 1338
28. Brunswick Extends Civic Rule to Its Suburbs, 1269
29. Florence Expands Its Contado, 1202-89
30. The Struggle between the Guelfs and Ghibellines
31. The Establishment of the Rhine League and of Its Peace, 1254
32. Decrees of the Hanseatic League, 1260-64
33. The Cinque Ports Confederation
34. Parliamentary Summons to English Boroughs, 1295
35. The Pope and City Politics in Siena, Fifteenth Century
III. Urban Society and Social Conflict
36. Charter to the Non-Noble Knights of Burgos, 1256
37. Tower Fellowships and Factionalism in Florence
38. Factionalism and the Concerns of an Exile, 1312
39. Commercial Status, Wealth, and Political Office in Medieval Exeter
40. The Political Fortunes of a Florentine Merchant
41. The Distribution of Wealth in Two Towns
42. A Bondman Seeks Refuge in an English Town, 1237-38
43. Grievances of the Common Folk of Dublin, 1316-18
44. A Day in the Life of a Carpenter
45. A Londoner's Household Goods, 1337
46. Domestic Slaves
47. The Revolt of the Commons in London, 1194
48. The Risings in Ghent and Bruges Against the Patricians, 1301-02
49. The Demands of the Ciompi in Florence, 1378
IV. The Urban Economy
50. Market Regulations in Muslim Seville
51. The Champagne Fair Towns
52. Tolls at Southampton, c.1300
53. Regulations on the Sale of Meat and Fish in Beverley, 1365-1409
54. Shopping in the London Markets
55. Letter from the Genoa Branch to the Home Office of the Datini Company, 1393
56. Restoring Prosperity to the Port Town of Bordeaux, c.1465
57. Regulation of Trade by a Merchant Guild, 1257-73
58. Craft Guild Regulations: The Shearers of Arras, 1236
59. Regulations of the Guild of Skinners in Copenhagen
60. Guild Apprenticeships
61. Dispute Between the Master Saddlers of London and Their Journeymen, 1396
62. The Bakers of Coventry Strike, 1484
63. Guild Rivalry in Florence, 1425
V. Urban Finance, Jurisdictions, and Justice
64. Accounts of the City of Siena
65. The Town Accounts of Leicester, 1377-78
66. Tax Declarations in Florence for the Catasto of 1427
67. Winchester Pleads for Tax Relief because of Urban Decline, 1452
68. The Jurisdiction of the Wardmotes of London
69. Proceedings in the Courts of Nottingham, 1395-96
70. The Cost of Recovering a Debt in Marseille, 1331
71. Feud and Vendetta: The Private Pursuit of Justice in Pistoia
72. Urban Punishments
73. The Dublin Prison, 1486
VI. Marriage and Family
74. The Del Bene Marriage Negotiations in Florence, 1381
75. Marriage in the Merchant Class
76. Contracting Marriage in York and Paris
77. Women, Family Relations, and Inheritance in Aragon
78. Women, Family Relations, and Inheritance in Magdeburg and Breslau
79. Wives at the Tavern
80. Childhood Deaths in London
81. Family and Household in Manosque, 1418-26
82. A Comfortable Retirement for the Wealthy
83. Caring for the Aged in Medieval Exeter
84. Family and Households: A Demographic Perspective
VII. Women
85. Proper Behavior for a Young Townswoman
86. Women and Gossip
87. Women and Fashion
88. Singlewomen in Coventry, 1492-95
89. Women in the Parisian Craft Guilds, c.1270
90. Limits on Employing Women as Weavers in Bristol, 1461
91. Advice on Hiring Maidservants, c.1393
92. Female Servants and Prostitution
VIII. Religion, Piety, and Charity
93. The Bishop of Speyer Gives the Jews of the City a Charter, 1084
94. Restrictions on Jewish Communities in English Towns
95. Persecution of the Jews in Strasbourg and German Towns, 1349
96. Problems among the Clergy of Rouen Cathedral, 1248
97. The Beguines of Ghent, 1328
98. The Good Canon of Cologne
99. A Popular Franciscan Preacher in Paris, 1429
100. Lay Piety and Reform: Peter Waldo of Lyons
101. The Processions of the Flagellants, 1349
102. The Religious Fraternity of St. Katharine at Norwich, 1389
103. The Accounts of the Churchwardens in Canterbury, 1485-86
104. Religion, Morality, and Politics: Savonarola's Influence over the Florentines
105. A Maison-Dieu in Pontoise, c.1265
106. The Distribution of Alms in Florence, 1356
107. Charitable Bequests in Siena, 1300-25
IX. Education
108. The Cost of Schooling, 1394-95
109. Niccolo Machiavelli as a Young Student
110. Privileges Granted to Masters and Students at the University of Paris
111. Town/Gown Controversies in Oxford and Paris
112. A Student Riot at Oxford, 1388-89
113. Wooing Masters and Students from Paris to the New University of Toulouse, 1229
114. Contract between the Town of Vercelli and the Students at Padua, c.1228
115. The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg, 1386
116. A Scholar in Paris
X. Entertainment and Civic Ritual
117. Sports in London
118. The Start of the Secular Stage, Exeter, 1348
119. Order of the Pageants of the Corpus Christi Plays in York, 1415
120. Trouble Behind the Scenes in York, 1420
121. Feast and Festival in Venice
122. The Feast Day of St. John the Baptist in Florence
123. A Wake in Oxford, 1306
124. Processions for Peace in Paris, 1412
125. Mayoral Elections in England
XI. The Dangers of Urban Life
126. Fires in Novgorod
127. Famine Mortality in Bruges and Ypres, 1316
128. Discrimination Against the Poor in Siena During the Famine of 1329
129. The Black Death in Florence, 1348
130. The Plague in Edinburgh, 1498-99
131. The Urban Militia of a Spanish Frontier Town: Cuenca, 1190
132. Parma at War
133. The Siege of Calais, 1346-47
134. Crime Prevention in London
135. Criminal Courts and Punishment in Marseille, 1406-07
136. The Road to Ruin in Dijon, 1492
XII. The Urban Environment
137. Air Pollution in Southwark, 1307
138. Regulations for London's Streets, 1297
139. Garbage Removal in English Towns, 1385
140. The Water Supply of Dublin
141. The Sounds of the City: Bells, Horns, and Town Criers
142. London Bridge, 1404
143. The Town Rents of Edinburgh, 1457
144. Building Regulations in London, 1189
145. The Rise and Fall of Urban Towers in Italian Towns
146. Building Contracts for a Tavern and House, 1342
147. A Merchant's House in King's Lynn
148. Clothing and Head-gear
149. Medieval Fast Food
150. Meat Consumption
XIII. The Idealized City
151. A Description of London, c.1173
152. In Praise of Milan's Townscape, 1288
153. The Evils of the Big City
Maps
Index of Topics
Index of Towns
Index of Town Officials
Sources
