Contents:
page VII Preface
X Abbreviations
1 I. Introduction
4 Spiritual Patron
5 Temporal Patron
6 Political Services
8 Social Services
10 Spiritual Services
12 Stability
17 II. Lucchese Society in the Late Middle Ages
43 III. The Development of a Monastic Network
67 IV. Monastic Population
68 Monks
102 Lay Brothers and Sisters
113 V. The Religious Network
129 VI. Monks and Lay Society
167 VII. Destruction of the Monastic Community
185 VIII. Conclusion
194 Spiritual Patron
197 Temporal Patron
202 Political Services
204 Social Services
205 Spiritual Services
208 Stability
219 Index