Pt. 1. Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The Urban Legacy of Antiquity ; Suburbanisation and Deurbanisation in Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul, 500-830 ; Challenge and Response: the Scandinavian and Muslim Attacks and the Revival of Urban Life in the West, 830-1000.
Pt. 2. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. From Seigniorial to Economic Urbanisation: Landowning, Commerce and Industry in the Cities of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries ; Urban Law and Government in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.
Pt. 3. The Maturing of Medieval Urbanisation, c. 1190-c. 1270. The Expansion of the Cities in the Thirteenth Century ; The North European Cities in the Thirteenth Century ; The Commercial Cities of Thirteenth-century Italy under 'Popular' ; Oligarchies.
Pt. 4. A Half-Century of Crisis. Merchant as Craftsman, Magnate as Guildsman: The Transformation of the Medieval City, c. 1270-c. 1325.