| List of Maps and Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Pt. I | Contingency, Choice, and Constraint | 9 |
| Ch. 1 | Structural Change in International Relations | 11 |
| Ch. 2 | Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System | 22 |
| Ch. 3 | Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire | 34 |
| Pt. II | The Emergence of New Modes of Organization | 59 |
| Ch. 4 | The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages | 61 |
| Ch. 5 | The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France | 77 |
| Ch. 6 | The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic League | 109 |
| Ch. 7 | The Development of the Italian City-states | 130 |
| Pt. III | Competition, Mutual Empowerment, and Choice: The Advantages of Sovereign Territoriality | 151 |
| Ch. 8 | The Victory of the Sovereign State | 153 |
| Pt. IV | Conclusion | 181 |
| Ch. 9 | Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System | 183 |
| Notes | 195 |
| Bibliography | 265 |
| Index | 285 |
