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Family Power in Southern Italy - The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139 (Hardcover, New)
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Family Power in Southern Italy - The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
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This text explores how political power was exerted and family
identity expressed in the context of reconstruction of the noble
families of the medieval duchies of Gaeta, Amalfi and Naples.
Localized 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. An integral part of its ruling family's power was its
monopolization of parts of the duchy's economy, the use of members
of the clan to rule local centres. When the family broke up, the
duchy fell to outside predators. The three duchies reacted in
different ways to the Normans. Gaeta flourished commercially in the
12th 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 also demostrates that the
socio-economic basis for power is as important as its political
exercise, and it overturns many conventional views on the workings
of early medieval power structures.
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