George Garnett is Professor of Medieval History in the University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College, and Lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall.  He has published widely on the history of law and political thinking from the eleventh century to the seventeenth. Previous publications include The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume I: A Broken Chain? (2021), Marsilius of Padua and the 'Truth of History' (2007) and an annotated translation of Vindiciae, contra tyrannos (1994). Magnus Ryan is an Associate Professor in the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His previous publications include, as co-editor, Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation (Cambridge, 2003), and numerous contributions on medieval political thought and legal history.

• Preface; Introduction; Translators' Note; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Biographies; Further Reading; Note on Scriptural References; Map of Northern Italy c. 1350; On Guelfs and Ghibellines; On the Government of a City; On the Tyrant; Appendix I. Preface to Tiberiadis; Appendix II. Legislative Autonomy and the Universality of the Roman Empire; Appendix III. The 'City, Emperor unto Itself'; Index.

George Garnett is Professor of Medieval History in the University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College, and Lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall.  He has published widely on the history of law and political thinking from the eleventh century to the seventeenth. Previous publications include The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume I: A Broken Chain? (2021), Marsilius of Padua and the 'Truth of History' (2007) and an annotated translation of Vindiciae, contra tyrannos (1994). Magnus Ryan is an Associate Professor in the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His previous publications include, as co-editor, Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation (Cambridge, 2003), and numerous contributions on medieval political thought and legal history.

• Preface; Introduction; Translators' Note; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Biographies; Further Reading; Note on Scriptural References; Map of Northern Italy c. 1350; On Guelfs and Ghibellines; On the Government of a City; On the Tyrant; Appendix I. Preface to Tiberiadis; Appendix II. Legislative Autonomy and the Universality of the Roman Empire; Appendix III. The 'City, Emperor unto Itself'; Index.

George Garnett is Professor of Medieval History in the University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College, and Lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall.  He has published widely on the history of law and political thinking from the eleventh century to the seventeenth. Previous publications include The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume I: A Broken Chain? (2021), Marsilius of Padua and the 'Truth of History' (2007) and an annotated translation of Vindiciae, contra tyrannos (1994). Magnus Ryan is an Associate Professor in the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His previous publications include, as co-editor, Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation (Cambridge, 2003), and numerous contributions on medieval political thought and legal history.

• Preface; Introduction; Translators' Note; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Biographies; Further Reading; Note on Scriptural References; Map of Northern Italy c. 1350; On Guelfs and Ghibellines; On the Government of a City; On the Tyrant; Appendix I. Preface to Tiberiadis; Appendix II. Legislative Autonomy and the Universality of the Roman Empire; Appendix III. The 'City, Emperor unto Itself'; Index.