1. Introduction -- 2. Lucca and the Sei Miglia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- 3. Rural Settlement, Village Identity, and the Parish in the Lucca Plain -- 4. Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: Institutions -- 5. Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: People -- 6. Rural Landowners and Rural Communes on the Eastern Plain -- 7. Rural Communes in the Lucca Plain in the Twelfth Century -- 8. Comparative Perspectives -- App. 1. Guide to Main Archival Sources -- App. 2. Two Documents
Summary
Focusing on local and regional studies of village communities as a way of understanding medieval European history, this book centres on a group of villages around Lucca and studies their social and political structures
