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This book explores how political power was exerted and family identity expressed in the context of a reconstruction of the noble families of the medieval duchies of Gaeta, Amalfi and Naples. Localised forms of power, and the impact of the Norman conquest on southern Italy, are assessed by means of a remarkable collection of charters preserved in the Codex diplomaticus Cajetanus.
The duchy of Gaeta, like its neighbours, was ruled as a private family business, with few formal offices visible. An integral part of its ruling family's power was its monopolisation of parts of the duchy's economy and the use of members of the clan to rule local centres. When the family broke up, the duchy followed suit. Gaeta, Amalfi and Naples reacted in different ways to the Normans.
Gaeta flourished commercially in the twelfth century, and its unique political response to contacts with the cities of northern Italy (especially Genoa) forms the final part of this study. Dr Skinner demonstrates that the socio-economic basis for power is as important as its political exercise, and overturns many conventional views on the workings of early medieval power structures.
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History, Nobility, Social conditions, Social history, Land tenure, Nobility, europe, Italy, social conditions, Italy, historyPlaces
Italy, Southern Italy, Gaeta, Amalfi, NaplesTimes
Medieval, 500-1500, 535-1268Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Family power in southern Italy: the duchy of Gaeta and its neighbours, 850-1139
1995, Cambridge University Press
in English
052146479X 9780521464796
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-315) and index.
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