Pro honore, utilitate et commodo: The Margraviate of Istria and the Market Privileges of the Aquileian Patriarch Bertrand de Saint-Geniès (1334-1350)

Banic, Josip (2019) Pro honore, utilitate et commodo: The Margraviate of Istria and the Market Privileges of the Aquileian Patriarch Bertrand de Saint-Geniès (1334-1350). In: 8th Istrian History Biennale: Artisani et mercatores...: Artisans and Merchants in the Adriatic Area: Collected Papers from the International Scientific Conference. Zavicajni muzej Porestine - Museo del territorio parentino / Sveuciliste Jurja Dobrile u Puli / Drzavni arhiv u Pazinu, Porec - Parenzo, pp. 81-99. ISBN 978-953-8060-05-2

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Abstract

The paper analyzes the fair privilege issued by the Aquileian patriarch Bertrand de Saint-Geniès to the commune of Buzet. It is argued that the charter had several mutually complimentary purposes that come to light only when contextualized within Bertrand’s overall political program. By comparing the document with similar market privileges issued by the patriarch throughout his turbulent reign, the author argues that the charter to Buzet had both economic and political implications. On the one hand, the privilege forms a part of the series of charters designed to bolster the volume of trade and the income from highway tolls throughout the Patriarchate, while at the same time fostering symbiotic ties between the central government and the subject community receiving the grant. Finally, the paper discusses the administrative structure of the Margraviate of Istria as revealed in the privilege and argues that Istrian possessions were not on the same constitutional level as Friulian ones within the jurisdictional framework of this ecclesiastical principality. The article concludes with a critical edition of the charter and its translation into modern English.

Tipologia del documento: Capitolo di libro
Soggetto: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
D History General and Old World > DG Italy
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities
Depositato da: M.A. Josip Banic
Depositato il: 28 Ago 2020 06:29
Ultima modifica: 28 Ago 2020 06:29
URI: http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/5479

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