Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Introduction 1
4. Poem and Prologue
5. I. Concession of the Code and Outline of Its Privileges 27
6. II. Statutes Regarding Property Holdings 35
7. III. How Grain Fields Should Be Guarded 41
8. IV. Care of the Vineyards 47
9. V. Demarcation of Orchards 50
10. VI. Aggression with Illegal Weapons 53
11. VII. Public Land of the Council 57
12. VIII. Concerning Mills 60
13. IX. Marriages and Wills 64
14. X. The Right of Succession of Children and Parents 66
15. XI. No One Should Pay the Pecuniary Penalty of Homicide for a Man Killed During Sports 77
16. XII. Insults to Men and Many Other Violent Acts 86
17. XIII. No One Should Respond for Counseling 92
18. XIV. The Penalties for Murderers: The Challenged 95
19. XV. Surety Bondsmen 105
20. XVI. The Election of the Iudex and the Alcaldi 109
21. XVII. Concerning the Manner in Which Each One Obtains His Rights 119
22. XVIII. The Citations 123
23. XIX. Bondsmen 125
24. XX. Witnesses and Accusers 130
25. XXI. Testimony of Responsible Intermediaries or of Substitute AIcaldi 133
26. XXII. Fighters of Judicial Combat 135
27. XXIII. Debtors Who Flee from the City 139
28. XXIV. Those Who Appeal to the Court of the Alcaldi on Friday 144
29. XXV. The Manner of Pleading and the Witnesses 148
30. XXVI. The Festival Days on Which No One Should Be Allowed to Take Sureties or Cite to Judgment 152
31. XXVII. Those Who Appeal to the King 155
32. XXVIII. The Collectors of Money for the Council 158
33. XXIX. Cases Between Christians and Jews 160
34. XXX. The Government of the Military Expedition 165
35. XXXI. The Emergency Military Muster 176
36. XXXII. The Code of Purchase, of Sale, and of Collateral of Real Estate 180
37. XXXIII. The Code of Pledging and of Sales 183
38. XXXIV. Dogs 187
39. XXXV. The Code of the Hunters 189
40. XXXVI. The Code of Hired Workers 192
41. XXXVII. The Code of the Herders 194
42. XXXVIII. The Loyalty of All Wage Earners 198
43. XXXIX. The Code of the Guards Who Watch the Livestock 200
44. XL. Those Who Find Something Should Proclaim It, and the Corroborators 201
45. XLI. The Code of Guests [and Other Matters] 206
46. XLII. Craftsmen 209
47. XLIII. The Equalization of the Parishes 214
48. Notes 219
49. Glossary 229
50. Select Bibliography 233
51. Index 239
52. Acknowledgments 245