Contents:
page 9 Preface
11 I. Purpose and Scope of This Study: The Treasure Defined
29 II. The Teano Period, 883-915
47 The Capua Period, 915-950: The Treasure and its Ambiance
63 IV. Abbot Aligern and the Return of the community to Monte Cassino
83 V. The Treasure during the Troubled Abbacy of Manso and the Reign of John III
91 VI. The Perilous Times: Monte Cassino Caught between the Claims of the Two Empires; the Struggle against the Designs of Pandulf IV of Capua
105 VII. Richerius' Courageous Abbacy: The Return to stability at the Dawn of the Abbey's Golden Age
117 Appendix I. Explanation of Some Liturgical Terms
121 Appendix II. Chronological List of the Abbots of Monte Cassino: 883-1058
123 Select Bibliography
133 Index
141 Illustrations (Plates I-XIV - following p. 128)