Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Note on sources
- Note on money, measurements and terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Este patrimony
- 3 The Este vassals and their fiefs
- 4 Feudal tenure at Ferrara
- 5 Noble society at the centre
- 6 Noble society in the provinces
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Note on sources
- Note on money, measurements and terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Este patrimony
- 3 The Este vassals and their fiefs
- 4 Feudal tenure at Ferrara
- 5 Noble society at the centre
- 6 Noble society in the provinces
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
(ASM, Casa e Stato, 8/21, 24 Feb. 1308)
In 1308, Aldrovandino ceded to his sons, Rinaldo and Obizzo, the following property: in the Padovano, 298 campi, a few houses, half of the lake at Ponso and a valle at Megliadino; in the territory of Lendinara, unspecified property in ‘terris et villis … Cavacane, Longalis, Bornii, Rami de Palo et ville nove’; in the Polesine do Rovigo, ‘castella’ at Fratta, Arqua and Pontecchio, a ‘palacium merlatum’ in Rovigo, tithes of Roverdicre, S. Apollinare, Buso, Sarzano and Mardimago, valli at Fratta, Arqua, Pontecchio, Ceregnano and Adria, woods at Rovigo and Mardimago; in Ariano, a ‘castrum … cum quadam turre… supra Padum’ and, in its territory, a ‘magnum nemus’; in Ferrara, two ‘palacia’, two houses and the tithe of S. Luca; in the Ferrarese, unspecified pieces of land throughout the province, a ‘castellum’ at Copparo, 116 mansi at S. Niccolo and Bozoleto ‘cum omnibus terris vassallorum’, and ‘omnes terras valles boschas prata et decima … terre Figaroli et tocius eius comitatus’.
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- Land and Power in Late Medieval FerraraThe Rule of the Este, 1350-1450, pp. 185 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987