Dedication

pp 5-6

Contents

pp 7-8

Prefatory Note

pp 9-10

Acknowledgements

pp 11-12

Maps and Tables

pp 13-14

Abbreviations

pp 15-18

Preface

pp 19-20

Introduction

pp 21-40

Part I - Kinship and Political Relations

pp 41-44

1 - The Hucpoldings’ Involvement in the Political Struggles of the Kingdom of Italy (847–945)

pp 45-82

2 - Family Patterns and Political Affirmation (945–1012)

pp 83-124

3 - The Local Basis of Power in a Wide Political Network (1012–1116)

pp 125-158

Part II - Properties and Patronage

pp 159-164

4 - The Exarchate

pp 165-184

5 - The March of Tuscany

pp 185-216

6 - Ruling on the Border : Landed Possessions from the Po Valley to the Apennines in Bononia’s Diocese

pp 217-262

Part III - Power, Relationships, Memory

pp 263-266

7 - Kinship, Self-awareness and Memory

pp 267-310

8 - Features and Practices of Power: From Officials to Lords

pp 311-334

9 - Discontinuity between Public Powers and Private Seigneurial Rule

pp 335-342

Genealogical Tables: A Graphic Representation of Kinship

pp 343-352

Bibliography

pp 353-384

Index

pp 385-403