CONTENTS
List of Illustrations vii
list of Tables ix
Preface xi
A Note on Names xvii
Abbreviations xix
Introduction Imaginary Cartographies 1
The Public Notariate 20
The Bureaucratic Science of Classification 30
Marseille: A Case Study 37
CHAPTER ONE Marseille 42
Social Topography and Political Structures 43
The City Imagined 58
CHAPTER TWO The Notary as Cartographer 65
Notarial Cartography 69
Making the Map 95
Chapter Three Seigneurial Islands 110
The Cartography of the Episcopal Curia 117
The Cartography of the Royal Curia 123
The Cartography of the City Council 127
The Decline of the Insular Template 130
Chapter Four Vernacular Cartography
The Templates of Vicinity and Landmark 142
Contested Sites 161
The Decline of the Artisanal and Retail Vicinity 171
Chapter Five Identity and Address 188
Shaping Identities 195
Identity and Address in Notarial Casebooks 203
Addresses in Seigneurial Records 215
Epilogue 222
Appendix 1: Lexical Terms Used in the Register of the
Confraternity of St. Jacques de Gallicia, by Category 229
Appendix 2: The Prosopographical Index 233
Bibliography 237
Index 251