The article examines two explicitly different meanings of the expression 'pervasiveness of lordship'. The first moves from the more commune meaning of pervasiveness, understood as a synonym of capillary diffusion, to distinguish between areas of seigniorial centrality and areas of seigniorial marginality in late medieval Italy. The second meaning understands “pervasiveness” in a less usual sense, i.e. as the capacity of lordship to thoroughly penetrate the surrounding world. After describing this notion of pervasiveness, the article illustrates some examples, drawn from various late medieval Italian regions, of lordships without pervasiveness and of pervasive lordships, questioning the capacity of seigniorial pervasiveness to survive and reconfigure itself in the late Middle Ages.
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9989-6780
Chapter Title
Pervasività della signoria
Authors
Sandro Carocci
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0187-2.12
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
La signoria rurale nell’Italia del tardo medioevo. 4. Quadri di sintesi e nuove prospettive di ricerca
Editors
Sandro Carocci
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Number of Pages
470
Publication Year
2023
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0187-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0186-5
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0187-2
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0189-6
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079