Through an analysis of the territory of Dronero and the Maira valley, the essay aims to interpret local political action through a partly unusual key, namely the building commission of the communities. The aim is to highlight the variety of building interventions by communities and to show how these actions are effective keys to interpreting the political dynamics on many different levels: the community economics, the development of collective identity, the manipulation of community and territorial structures, the definition of a ceremonial space, the relations with the lordship. In the Maira valley a community history is outlined, full of tensions and divergent thrusts, between the convergence around the political and ceremonial center of Dronero and the alternative polarities constituted by the numerous settlements scattered in the surrounding basin.
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4151-1507
Chapter Title
La committenza delle comunità e la costruzione degli spazi politici locali: Dronero e la valle Maira (CN) nel Quattrocento
Authors
Luigi Provero
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-427-4.02
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
La signoria rurale nell’Italia del tardo medioevo. 3 L’azione politica locale
Editors
Alessio Fiore, Luigi Provero
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
252
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-427-4
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-426-7
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-427-4
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-429-8
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079