Memorie
Étienne Doublier, Una falsificazione di origine pomposiana contro i conti Guidi. La Cessio donationum nel contesto romagnolo a cavallo tra XI e XII secolo
This article presents a novel analysis of the Cessio donationum, a forgery attributed to Pope Leo VIII (964), which purportedly granted Emperor Otto I and his successors ownership of approximately 150 estates previously held by the Roman Church. While historians concur that the document originated between 1080 and 1120, its place of production remains debated. This study re-examines the Cessio donationum, highlighting previously neglected aspects. A reassessment of the place-name list identifies the Counts Guidi as the primary polemical target and the scriptorium of S. Maria di Pomposa as the likely site of composition. Furthermore, this article proposes four potential contexts for the document’s production, ranging from the tumultuous final years of Henry IV in Italy (1093-1097) to the period immediately following Henry V’s designation as dominus of Matilda’s estates (1111-1115).
Michael E. Bratchel, The commutation of criminal sentences in late Medieval Italy: the example of fifteenth-century Lucca
Petitions for the commutation of criminal sentences were common in Italy (and elsewhere) from the early years of the fourteenth century and were directed towards both republican and seigneurial regimes. Previous studies have tended to focus on princely states, and on the fourteenth century. The present article examines the practice in Lucca in the decades after the restoration of the republic in 1430. It is concerned both with the motivations and pleadings of the supplicants and with the objectives and calculations of the Lucchese councils that determined the granting of a pardon.
Piergabriele Mancuso, «All’Eccellentissimo Medico». La Sublime Porta e la diplomazia medicea dopo la battaglia di Lepanto. Riflessioni circa una missiva in ebraico nella corrispondenza medicea
The aftermaths of the Battle of Lepanto were extremely problematic for the Medici state, whose diplomats were unable to forge durable and sound ties with the Sublime Porte. As shown by a document published in 1909 by Israel Zoller, a fundamental support to the Medici came from Salomon ben Nathan Ashkenazi, a renowned physician, and diplomat who played a key role in the re-establishment of Venetian-Ottoman relations after the Lepanto clash. In the Medici diplomatic correspondence, a letter written in Hebrew, perhaps addressed to Ashkenazi, and unveiling crucial details of the peace agreements between the Porte and the Western powers, was recently found. The aim of the paper is to situate this missive in the wider context of Tuscan-Ottoman political dialogue.
Documenti
Pierre Nevejans, Francesco Guicciardini e i suoi segretari: scoperte d’archivio e nuove possibilità di ricerche
This article challenges the assumption that Francesco Guicciardini relied on only one or two secretaries throughout his life. Through the discovery of three unpublished letters and a re-examination of Guicciardini’s correspondence using attributive philology, the study reveals the presence of at least a dozen individuals alongside the Florentine author and stateman. The analysis highlights the varied roles and responsibilities of these secretaries, who assisted Guicciardini. The research sheds light on the dynamics within Guicciardini’s workshop. This nuanced understanding of Guicciardini’s working environment enriches our knowledge of Renaissance intellectual practices as much as it underscores the significance of secretarial contributions to historical authorship.
Recensioni [scarica PDF]
Environnement et sociétes au Moyen Âge (Giuliano Pinto)
Pietro Silanos, Nel segno del toro. Conflitto e identità nello spazio politico parmense (secc. XII-XV) (Enrico Faini)
Stefano Locatelli, The Florentine florin. The politics and culture of money in the Middle Ages (Sergio Tognetti)
Vannina Marchi van Cauwelaert, Un royaume dans la mer. L’archipel corso-sarde du XIIIe au XVe siècle (Lorenzo Tanzini)
Marco Giacchetto, Siena città manifatturiera. Governo, produzione e consumo dei tessuti di seta e di lana (XIV-XV secc.) (Francesco Ammannati)
Luciana Petracca, Il banco Strozzi di Napoli. Credito, economia e società nel Quattrocento (Elena Maccioni)
Serena Galasso, Le droit de compter. Les livres de gestion et de mémoires des femmes (Florence, XVe-XVIe siècles) (Isabella Lazzarini)
Éric Schnakenbourg, Il mondo atlantico. Una storia globale (XV-XVIII secolo) (Elia Morelli)
Christopher Clark, Il fuoco della rivoluzione. L’Europa in lotta per un nuovo mondo 1848-1849 (Christian Satto)
Notizie [scarica PDF]
Archivio Storico Italiano – ISSN 0391-7770