Introduction -- Part I: The Tuscan Aristocracy -- The Contextual Framework -- The Aristocracy In City And Contado: Florence And The Florentino -- The Aristocrazia Consolare: Pisa In The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries (c. 1000-c.1170) -- Beyond The City: The Counts Guidi And Their World -- The Aristocracy Of Southern Tuscany -- Conflict And Stability Within The Tuscan Aristocracy -- From Knighthood To Nobility -- Part Ii: The Aristocracy In England -- The Aristocracy In 'carolingian' England -- The Structure And Articulation Of Aristocratic Society In Anglo-norman England -- At The Apex Of The Aristocracy: The Earls Of Chester As Case Study -- The Nobility And The State In Angevin And Post Angevin England -- Reflections -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index. Peter Coss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.