Courts and Conflict in Twelfth-Century Tuscany [Hardcover]

This study of disputes and their settlement in twelfth- century Tuscany is more than just legal history. Studded with colorful contemporary narratives, the book explores the mindsets of medieval Italians, and examines the legal framework which structured their society. Chris Wickham uncovers the interrelationships and collisions between different legal systems, and in doing so provides a new understanding of mentalities and power in the Italian city-state.

1. Introduction
2. Lucca: The Development of Judicial Procedures
3. Lucca: Disputing Strategies
4. Pisa: Roman Law in Practice
5. Florence: Dispute Settlement outside the City
6. Ecclesiastical Disputing in the Tuscan Diocese
7. Rituals and Disputing in Twelfth-Century Tuscany
Appendix: Sample Cases
Bibliography
Index

Few historians are as knowledgeable about medieval Italy--and the Toscana in particular--as Chris Wickham, and one is, therefore, most grateful for the translation of this important work. --American Historical Review

A brilliant work of exceptional relevance, destined to hold an important place in future studies. --Historia Agraria

Wickham...offers an acute discussion of previous scholarship on the subject and an extensive and updated bibliography. Particularly valuable is Wickham's concluding chapter. --CHOICE