Aim of this article is to discuss the structural role of territorial lordship for its owners in north-western Italy between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Through analysis of a large number of cases, we can see that it performed different functions according to different frameworks. In particular, it was a device for reproducing the social eminence of lords compared to the rest of the regional elite. Indeed, controlling a lordship meant having a huge and stable political capital, which could however be invested in two substantially opposite strategies: in the search for substantial autonomy from state power, or on the contrary in the creation of a structural and symbiotic link with state powers.
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Chapter Title
La signoria nel gioco politico: una lettura strutturale (area subalpina, secoli XIV-XV)
Authors
Alessio Fiore
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-427-4.06
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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
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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