Small towns and the reshaping of diocesan territories in northern Italy between the late Middle Ages and the early modern age
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/12349Keywords:
Middle Ages, Northern Italy, dioceses, territory, small townsAbstract
The essay examines the redefinition of diocesan territories in northern Italy between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern. Attention is paid not only to the elevation of small towns to the rank of episcopal sees, but also to other forms of territorial reconfiguration such as, for example, the recognition of quasi episcopalis iurisdictio and the status of nullius dioecesis. The comparison between the different cases allows us to highlight the different morphological arrangements that characterised these territorial entities and to verify the degree of convergence of these spaces towards the new ‘centre’. The investigation also takes into account failed projects or projects that never materialised and and dwells on the divergent (and often conflicting) options for organising the ecclesiastical space expressed by the different players involved.
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