Agricultural structures and economic strategies in the medieval Capitanata: the royal farms (XIII-XV c.)
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Francesco Violante
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2014/146
Language Italian Pages 32 P. 619-650 File size 116 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2014-146001
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This paper aims to address some of the key issues in the economic and agrarian historiography on medieval Southern Italy. The author proposes an analysis of the modes of exploitation of the royal demesne lands between the first half of the XIII century and the second half of the XV. During this period it is possible to trace the establishment and consolidation of an administrative and management structure of agricultural production, the royal farm, of which the author analyzes the genesis and functions in relation to the overall economic and fiscal strategies of the monarchy. With reference to recent neo-institutional readings of the economic and institutional framework of Southern Italy in the late Middle Ages, the hypothesis proposed in this essay brings out, however, some critical elements that tend to qualify the positive interpretation which is a frequent feature of the historiography about royal farms.
Keywords: Medieval agrarian history; Kingdom of Sicily (XIII-XV c.); Royal demesne; Royal farm; Transhumance
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Francesco Violante, Strutture agrarie e politica economica nella Capitanata medievale: le masserie regie (secoli xiii-xv)* in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 146/2014, pp 619-650, DOI: 10.3280/SS2014-146001