A History of Pisa
Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Heywood's 1921 history of Pisa is a valuable addition to the study of the historiography of medieval Italy.

William Heywood (Author)

9781108010139, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2010

328 pages, 16 b/w illus. 4 maps
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg

William Heywood (1857–1919) experiencd a variety of jobs, including working as a lawyer, a cowboy and a newspaper editor, before retiring to Siena in Italy in 1894 and becoming a specialist in medieval Italian history. His unorthodox background is shown in his holistic interpretation of the growth of Pisa in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in contrast to the treatment of historical material by contemporary historians. Heywood examines the politics, society and religion of Pisa to chart the growth of the city from a small port at the end of the Roman period to a powerful city-state by the end of the twelfth century. He is also the first historian to recognise the importance of maritime power struggles between other city-states as an integral part of Pisa's rise to power. This volume provides a valuable addition to the study of the historiography of medieval Italy.

1. A floating republic
2. The expulsion of Mogahid from Sardinia
3. The expeditions against Palermo and Mehdia
4. The first crusade
5. The Balearic expedition
6. War with Genoa
7. The war with the Normans
8. Into the vortex
9. Pisan colonies
10. Frederick Barbarossa
11. Expulsion of the Genoese from Constantinople
12. Barisone of Arborea
13. Rainald of Cologne
14. Genoa and Lucca against Pisa
15. Christian of Mayence
16. The communes deprived of their Contadi
17. Pisa and the Emperor Henry VI
18. 'The Great Refusal'
19. Pisa under the government of the consuls
20. Consorterie Gentilizie
22. From consuls to potestà
Bibliographical appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]