Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE Sources -- CHAPTER 1 Trial records -- Narrative of the trial system -- Narrative of the trial -- Narrative in the trial -- Trials in four cities -- Savona 1355, 1455 -- Bologna 1351, 1450 -- Lucca 1351, 1365, 1450 -- Mantua, 1432, 1462 -- CHAPTER 2 Chronicles -- Revenge -- Shortages -- Passion -- Lack of justice -- Hierarchical violence -- CHAPTER 3 Fiction -- Judges -- Torture, bribery and sexual predation -- The nature of the criminal trial -- CHAPTER 4 Statute law -- CHAPTER 5 Consilia -- PART TWO Description and analysis -- CHAPTER 6 Insult and revenge -- Revenge -- Appendix: List of insults as recorded in the sources -- 7 Sex crimes -- Adultery and rape -- Sodomy -- The jew in the brothel -- Slave sex -- Prostitution -- CHAPTER 8 Potions and poisons -- CHAPTER 9 Violence -- CHAPTER 10 Theft -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES -- CONSILIA (alphabetically by first name of author) -- STATUTES (alphabetically by city or region) -- CHRONICLES (alphabetically by city) -- FICTION -- OTHER PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES (ALPHABETICALLY BY NAME OF EDITOR) -- B. SECONDARY WORKS -- Index.