Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. ONE. Introduction: The Medieval Florentine Nobles 3
7. PART ONE: THE LINEAGE
8. TWO. The Formation of Urban Lineages 29
9. THREE. Joint Lineage Property: An Overview 46
10. FOUR. Ecclesiastical Rights as Joint Property 64
11. FIVE. Joint Property: Towers and Palaces 84
12. PART TWO: THE EXCLUSION OF WOMEN
13. SIX. Disaffection from the Lineage: Umiliana dei Cerchi and the Cathars 109
14. SEVEN. Women Within the Lineage 125
15. PART THREE: THE MAGNATES
16. EIGHT. Knighthood and Courtly Style 145
17. NINE. Violence and Faction 164
18. TEN. The Popolo and the Ordinances of Justice 192
19. ELEVEN. The Debate Over True Nobility 212
20. TWELVE. The Magnates in the Early Fourteenth Century 229
21. APPENDIX I. List of the Magnates 239
22. APPENDIX II. A Note on Coinage 243
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
24. INDEX 259