Socio-economic dynamics between the centre and the peripheral areas in the late medieval Southern Italy

Mariarosaria Salerno

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-397-4

Socio-economic dynamics between the centre and the peripheral areas in the late medieval Southern Italy

Authors

Mariarosaria Salerno

University of Calabria

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6267-4682

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-397-4

Keywords:

Kingdom of Naples, archival records, visual sources, economics, social history

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Regna. Texts and Studies on Institutions, Culture and Memory in Medieval Southern Italy

Pages: 273

Language: Italian

Abstract: This volume is the result of the important cataloguing and textual analysis carried out on the records of the Regia Camera della Sommaria – the subject of the PRIN research project – through a series of thematic studies focusing on the political, economic and social dynamics (at various levels) of the late medieval Southern Italy or of specific areas. Due to the ongoing dialogue between historiography and various types of sources (fiscal, administrative, statutory, notarial, accounting, iconographic, material, etc.), attention has been drawn to Mediterranean trade and commercial actors, including their financial activities; resources and supplies, between centre and periphery, roles and competences; lords, cities, communities – including minority ones – in terms of patrimonial, legal-administrative aspects, relationships and forms of negotiation; social dynamics, encompassing influences, preferences and changes. The hope is that we have highlighted certain elements that demonstrate the central – and at the same time complex – role of the late medieval Southern Italy in the processes of transformation of European society, between the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

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Author Biography

Mariarosaria Salerno, University of Calabria

Mariarosaria Salerno teaches Medieval History at the University of Calabria. Her main research interests generally concern the economic and social history of the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on documentary sources. More specifically, she focuses on the history of ecclesiastical institutions, with reference to Military and hospitaller orders, the Carthusians, the Cistercians and the Florensians. Her most recent research topics concern fibres and textile production, as well as luxury clothing and consumption within the broader context of the medieval Mediterranean.