Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

List of Maps and Charts

pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Note on the Organisation and Publication of the Cava Archive

pp xiii-xiv

Dates

pp xv-xv

Currency, Weights and Measures

pp xvi-xviii

The Abbots of Cava, c. 1020-1300

pp xix-xix

Maps

pp xx-xxv

I The Family of Vivus Vicecomes

pp xxvi-xxxiv

Introduction

pp 1-10

Part I - The Abbey of Cava

pp 11-12

1 - The Origins of the Abbey of Cava: From Hermitage to Monastery

pp 13-24

2 - The Era of Growth, c. 1076-1190

pp 25-67

3 - Defending Monastic Lordship, c. 1190-1300

pp 68-109

4 - Forgery, its Extent and Purpose

pp 110-128

Part II - Society and Economy

pp 129-130

5 - Landscape and Environment

pp 131-163

6 - Patrons and Benefactors

pp 164-188

7 - Family Connections

pp 189-230

8 - Administration and Personnel

pp 231-272

9 - Lordship

pp 273-291

10 - Peasants, their Obligations and the Exploitation of Cava’s Lands

pp 292-340

11 - The Monastery, the City and the Regional Economy

pp 341-384

Conclusions

pp 385-390

Appendix: Purchase and Expenditure by the Abbey of Cava, at Selected Periods between 1175 and 1230

pp 391-395

Bibliography

pp 396-411

Index

pp 412-417