CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Terminology -- Introduction -- PART ONE CONTEXT -- Chapter One Building the Grand Duchy -- Chapter Two Cultural Politics in Early Modern Tuscany -- PART TWO STRUCTURES -- Chapter Three The Structures of Academic Power -- Chapter Four Tensions Within the Structures of Academic Power -- PART THREE ORDER AND DISORDER -- Chapter Five Rituals -- Chapter Six Violence and Disorder -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Deputati di Balìa sopra lo Studio di Siena, 1557-1609 -- Appendix II: Indices of the Known Members of the Pisan Colleges of Doctors, 1543-1609 -- Appendix III: Indices of the Known Members of the Sienese Colleges of Doctors, 1557-1579 -- Appendix IV: The Finances of the Studio pisano, the Studio fi orentino, and the Accademia fi orentina -- Appendix V: Payments to Professors at the Studio pisano, the Studio fi orentino, and the Accademia fi orentina -- Appendix VI: Payments to Professors at the Studio senese, 1557-1589 -- Bibliography -- Index -- FIGURES -- Fig. 1. Numbers of Chairs at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 1543-1608 -- Fig. 2. Teaching Budgets at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 1543-1608 -- Fig. 3. Salaries at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 1543-1608.