Preface to the American Edition . . ix

Prologue: Paris in the Year 1200 . . 1
CHAPTER 1 The City and its Bourgeoisie . . 17
CHAPTER 2 The Faces of Pierre the Chanter and Philip Augustus and the Hidden Visages of Women . . 63
CHAPTER 3 King Philip and His Government . . 94
CHAPTER 4 The Church, Clergy and Religious Life . . 128
CHAPTER 5 The Schools . . 175
CHAPTER 6 Delight and Pain . . 214
Epilogue: Raising the Roof . . 245

Notes . . 251
Selected Bibliography . . 259
Index . . 281