I. The household. The medieval house / Carl F. Barnes, Jr. -- The general household -- The kitchen -- The table -- Health and cleanliness -- II. Personal adornment. European dress / Millia Davenport -- Items of costume and costume accesories -- Jewelry -- Cosmetics -- III. Labor, commerce, and travel. Labor, commerce, and travel / Robert S. Lopez -- Tools of the house, land, and trade -- Commerce -- Coinage -- Guilds and civic affairs -- Travel and communication -- IV. Learning. Book production and private libraries / John Plummer -- Books and learning -- Implements of learning -- V. Science and technology. Science and technology in the fifteenth century / Derek de Solla Price -- Astronomical instruments -- Time -- Technical treatises -- The arcane -- VI. Hunting, gaming, and sports. Hunting, gaming, and sports / Helmut Nickel -- Games and pastimes -- Hunting -- VII. Music and musical instruments. Secular musical practice in sacred art / Emanuel Winternitz -- Musical instruments -- Musical manuscripts -- VIII. Ceremony and custom. Ceremonies, secular and nonsecular / Robert L. Benson -- Birth -- Marriage -- Death -- General custom and ceremony