| List of Maps | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Prologue | 3 |
| Pt. I | A Calamity "Unheard-of Among Living Men" | |
| 1 | The Bringers of Famine in 1315: Rain, War, God | 7 |
| 2 | The Harvest Failures and Animal Murrains | 24 |
| Pt. II | The Economics and Demography of the Famine in Rural Society | |
| 3 | Prices and Wages | 43 |
| 4 | The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Lords | 61 |
| 5 | The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Rustics | 87 |
| 6 | The Struggle for Survival | 108 |
| Pt. III | Towns and Principalities | |
| 7 | Urban Demography and Economy | 127 |
| 8 | Coping in Towns | 151 |
| 9 | The Policies of Princes | 167 |
| Epilogue | 182 |
| Notes | 189 |
| Bibliography | 261 |
| Index | 305 |
