Il Fondo Cattedrale (1366-1499). Codice diplomatico di Matera, V

Series: Mondi Mediterranei, 16

Pages: 282

Language: Italian

Published: 2025

ISBN: 978-88-31309-44-8

In the heart of Matera’s Civita, the Cathedral has for centuries served as a crucial point of community, a locus of civic identity. After its elevation as the suffragan see of the bishops of Acerenza, the institution of the Cathedral attracted the attention of the city’s most dynamic social strata, while developing its own institutional and economic course. This maturation culminated in the fifteenth century, shaped by organizational choices that would define its profile into the Early Modern period.

The volume reconstructs the final medieval phase of this trajectory—the Quattrocento—through the ninety-three charters of the Fondo Cattedrale (Cathedral Archive). Originally transcribed through the efforts of Giustino Fortunato in the early twentieth century, these documents have been recently reassessed by Francesco Panarelli. This study offers an original contribution to both the history of the Cathedral and, more broadly, to scholarship on Matera’s society spanning the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era.

Summary

Premessa, F. Panarelli 7

Introduzione 11

Lineamenti storici della chiesa madre materana e del suo capitolo nel XV secolo 11

Il fondo Cattedrale: struttura, composizione e contenuti 33

Appendice I: Elenco dei canonici di S. Maria/S. Eustachio (1491) 47

Appendice II: Elenco del clero citato nei documenti 49

Criteri di edizione 51

Il Fondo Cattedrale 53

Bibliografia 263

Indice dei nomi di persona 267

Indice dei luoghi 279