Part I The Italian states
1 The kingdom of Sicily / Fabrizio Titone
2 The kingdom of Naples / Francesco Senatore
3 The kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica / Olivetta Schena
4 The papal state / Sandro Carocci
5 Tuscan states: Florence and Siena / Lorenzo Tanzini
6 Ferrara and Mantua / Trevor Dean
7 Venice and the Terraferma / Michael Knapton
8 Lombardy under the Visconti and the Sforza / Federico Del Tredici
9 The feudal principalities: the west (Monferrato, Saluzzo, Savoy and Savoy/Acaia) / Alessandro Barbero
10 The feudal principalities: the east (Trent, Bressanone/Brixen, Aquileia, Tyrol and Gorizia) / Marco Bellabarba
11 Genoa / Christine Shaw


Part II Themes and perspectives
12 The collapse of city/states and the role of urban centres in the new political geography of Renaissance Italy / Francesco Somaini
13 The rural communities / Massimo Della Misericordia
14 Lordships, fiefs and 'small states' / Federica Cengarle
15 Factions and parties: problems and perspectives / Marco Gentile
16 States, orders and social distinction / E. Igor Mineo
17 Women and the state / Serena Ferente
18 Offices and officials / Guido Castelnuovo
19 Public written records / Gian Maria Varanini
20 The language of politics and the process of state/building: approaches and interpretations / Andrea Gamberini
21 Renaissance diplomacy / Isabella Lazzarini
22 Regional states and economic development / Franco Franceschi And Luca Mola
23 The papacy and the Italian states / Giorgio Chittolini
24 Justice / Andrea Zorzi.