Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes 1125-1325

Contents



Abbreviations vii

Note on Style xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

PARTI. LACITADESANCTA:SACREDGEOGRAPHY

1 The Mother Church 15

2 From Conversion to Community 69

3 The Holy City 103

4 Ordering Families, Neighborhoods, and Cities 141

5 Holy Persons and Holy Places 179

PARTII. BUONICATTOLICI:RELIGIOUSOBSERVANCE

6 The City Worships 235

7 Feasting, Fasting, and Doing Penance 273

8 Resurrection and Renewal 309

9 Good Catholics at Prayer 343

10 World Without End. Amen. 381

Epilogue: Communal Piety and the Mendicant 419

Bibliography 457

Index 479