Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The commune's origins and the first extension of its rule (1157–98); 2. Further expansion and an internal crisis (1198–1216); 3. Consolidation: the last years of the Sienese alliance (1216–29); 4. The first Sienese war (1229–40); 5. A decade of imperial ascendancy (1240–50); 6. The second Sienese war and the emergence of the Popolo (1250–60); 7. A second period of Ghibelline predominance (1260–6); 8. The Angevin domination (1266–80); 9. Ranieri della Greca's Popolo (1280–92); 10. Internal unity and a strong foreign policy (1292–1303); 11. The defeat of the Ghibellines (1303–13); 12. The rule of the five (1313–15); 13. The Popolo of Poncello Orsini (1315–22); 14. The nobles in control (1322–32); 15. The crisis and Manno Monaldeschi's coup d'état (1332–4); Epilogue. Orvieto in the age of the tyrants; Appendix 1. The councils; Appendix 2. The government of the Contado; Appendix 3. The origins of the Monaldeschi and Filippeschi; Appendix 4. The career of Cardinal Theoderic; Appendix 5. The Arti; Bibliography; Index.

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This 1952 study of the medieval Italian city of Orvieto details its growth and survival in a time of great development and political upheaval.