Aiming at the aristocracy: social mobility in Lucca at the time of Lothar I

Fauliri, Manuel (2025) Aiming at the aristocracy: social mobility in Lucca at the time of Lothar I. In: Aristocratic networks. Elites and social dynamics in Italy in the age of Lothar I. Reti Medievali E-Book (53). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 213-240. ISBN 979-12-215-0771-3

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Abstract

[EN] Not only was the city of Lucca one of the main political centres of the regnum Italiae, it is also, thanks to its rich heritage of chartae preserved in the Archivio Storico Diocesano, one of the best documented geographical areas of the early Middle Ages. It is thus the best place in the kingdom to observe the dynamics both of a city’s society and of the rural areas within its ambit, and of its institutions, allowing us to highlight in particular the trajectories of the city elite, whether focusing on individuals or on the family groups to which they belonged. In this article I will focus on the so-called “diocesan elite”, investigating three family groups who emerge from the Lucchese records and whose activities can be traced over a number of generations. I will seek to reveal both the similarities and the differences between these groups, and the strategies they appeared to use in building networks of relations with other families and with the various actors operating in the same urban and rural contexts, as they strove – in a constant process of negotiation – to attain, maintain and pass on to future generations a social position which would allow them to present themselves as firmly integrated within the elite.

Tipologia del documento:	Capitolo di libro
Parole chiave:	Middle Ages; ninth century; Carolingian Italy; Lucca; elite; kinship
Soggetto:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositato da:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Depositato il:	10 Set 2026 02:57
Ultima modifica:	10 Set 2026 02:57
URI:	https://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/10470

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