The Religion of the Italian Communes 1125-1325

519 Pages·2009·3.89 MB·English

by  Augustine Thompson

cities of god

Cities
ooff
God
the religion of the italian communes
1125–1325
augustine thompson, o.p.
The Pennsylvania State University Press
University Park, Pennsylvania
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Thompson, Augustine.
Cities of God : the religion of the Italian communes, 1125–1325 /
Augustine Thompson, O.P.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-271-02477-1 (alk. paper)
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Contents
(cid:2)
Abbreviations vii
NoteonStyle xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
PARTI. LACITADESANCTA:SACREDGEOGRAPHY
1 TheMotherChurch 15
2 FromConversiontoCommunity 69
3 TheHolyCity 103
4 OrderingFamilies,Neighborhoods,andCities 141
5 HolyPersonsandHolyPlaces 179
PARTII.BUONICATTOLICI:RELIGIOUSOBSERVANCE
6 TheCityWorships 235
7 Feasting,Fasting,andDoingPenance 273
8 ResurrectionandRenewal 309
9 GoodCatholicsatPrayer 343
10 WorldWithoutEnd.Amen. 381
Epilogue:CommunalPietyandtheMendicant 419
Bibliography 457
Index 479

Abbreviations
The references to published sources, especially city statutes or liturgical texts, would
requireconfusingandcumbersomeshortcitationsifthesefollowedstandardforms.SoI
haveusedshortdescriptivetagsratherthantheactualtitlesfoundintheprintededitions.
For example, I use ‘‘Vicenza Stat.’’ for the collection published as Statuti del comune di
Vicenza mcclxivand ‘‘Bologna Stat. i’’ for the collection Statuti di Bologna dell’anno 1245
all’anno1267.Whenthesourcehasbook,chapter,andverseorotherdivisionnumbering,
thisis given before thepage reference[e.g., 1.1.1,pp.1–11].Whenthedate of astatute
ordocumentcanbedetermined,Iincludeitinparenthesesforthereader’sconvenience,
asIalsodoforchroniclesources.Atthefirstcitationofamanuscriptsource,Isimilarly
give the approximate dates of the codex and of the original copied, if relevant. This
datingisoccasionallysilentlycorrectedwhenlibrarycataloguedatesareclearlywrong.
ACGOPActaCapitulorumGeneraliumOrdi- glia,7vols.(Rome:PropagandaFidei,
nisPraedicatorumI:AbAnno1220usquead 1758–68)
Annum1303,ed.BenedictusMaria BiellaStat.StatutaComunisBugelleet
Reichert,MOPH,3(Rome:Polyglotta, DocumentaAdiecta,ed.PietroSella(Biella:
1898) Testa,1904)
AFHArchivumFranciscanumHistoricum Bol.Pop.Stat.Statutidellesocieta` delpo-
AFPArchivumFratrumPraedicatorum polodiBologna,ed.AugustoGaudenzi,
AIMAAntiquitatesItalicaeMediiAevi,ed. Fontiperlastoriad’Italia:Statutisecolo
LodovicoAntonioMuratori,6vols. xiii,4–5,2vols.(Rome:IstitutoStorico
(Milan:SocietasPalatina,1738–42;rpt., Italiano,1889/96)
Bologna:Forni,1965) BolognaStat.IStatutidiBolognadell’-
AMDSPPRAttiememoriedellaDeputazione anno1245all’anno1267,ed.Lodovico
distoriapatriaperleprovincediRomagna Frati,3vols.(Bologna:n.p.,1869–77)
AquileiaConstitutionesConstitutiones BolognaStat.IIStatutidiBolognadell’-
ProvincialesAquilejensesBertrandiPatriarchae anno1288,ed.GinaFasoliandPietro
Anno1339,Mansi25:1109–32 Sella,Studietesti73and85,2vols.(Vat-
ASActaSanctorumquotquotTotoOrbeColun- icanCity:BibliotecaApostolicaVati-
turvelaCatholicisScriptoribusCelebranturex cana,1937–39)
LatinisetGraecisAliarumqueGentiumAnti- BolognaSynod(1310)‘‘Costituzioni
quisMonumentisCollecta,Digesta,Illustrata, dellachiesabologneseemanatenelsi-
2ded.,ed.GodefridusHenscheniuset nododiocesanodel1310altempodel
al.,60vols.in70(Paris:Palme,etc., vescovoUmberto,’’ed.LeandroNov-
1867–1940) elli,StudiaGratiana8(1962):448–552
ASOBActaS.OfficiiBononieabAnno1291 BOPBullariumOrdinisFratrumPraedica-
usqueadAnnum1310,ed.LorenzoPaolini torum,ed.ThomasRipollandA.Bre´m-
andRanieroOrioli,2vols.(Rome:Isti- ond,8vols.(Rome:Mainardi,1729–40)
tutoStoricoItalianoperilMedioEvo, BresciaStat.StatutidiBrescia,ed.Fed-
1982) ericoOdorici(Turin:Paravia,1877)
BFBullariumFranciscanumRomanorum CCBCorpusChronicorumBononiensium,ed.
Pontificum,ed.GiovanniGiacintoSbara- AlbanoSorbelli,RIS218:1,incl.Cronaca
(cid:3) viii Abbreviations
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nacaBdettavolgarmenteVarignana[CCB: Bertini,1834),54–58
B],CronacadettadeiBolognetti[CCB:Bol.], LuccaSynod(1300)ConstitutionesDo-
PietroandFlorianodaVillola,Cronaca miniLucaniEpiscopi,in‘‘Lasinodoluc-
[CCB:Vill.] chesediEnricodelCarretto,’’ed.Raoul
CremonaCath.Stat.‘‘Glistatutidei Manselli,MiscellaneaGillesG´erardMeersse-
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storicolombardo30(1903):451–60 1:210–46
CremonaStat.Deidocumentistoricielet- LuccaSynod(1308)LucanaSynodussub
teraridiCremona,ed.FrancescoRobolotti HenricoLucensiEpiscopocircaAnnum1308
(Cremona:Feraboli,1857),99–111 Habita,Mansi25:173–98
FerraraClergyConst.Constitutiones MansiGiovanniDomenicoMansi,ed.,
FactaeaParochisCivitatisFerrariensispro SacrorumConciliorumNovaetAmplissima
SuaeCongregationisRegimine,Anno1278, Collectio,54vols.(1901;rpt.,Graz:Aca-
AIMA6:433–40 demischeDruck,1960)
FerraraStat.(1287)StatutaFerrariae MantuaStat.StatutaDominorumRay-
AnnoMCCLXXXVII,Deputazionepro- naldiBotironiFratrumdeBonacolsis,Anno
vincialeferraresedistoriapatria:Monu- 1303,ed.Carlod’Arco,Studiintornoal
menti3(Modena:CasadiRisparmiodi municipiodiMantovadall’originediquestafino
Ferrara,1955) all’anno1863;Aiqualifannoseguitodocumenti
FlorenceStat.StatutidellaRepubblicaFi- ineditiorari(Mantua:Gaustalla,1871–74),
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(Florence:Galileiana,1910–20) ManualeAmbrosianumManualeAm-
GradoCouncilConciliumGradenseinquo brosianumexCodiceSaec.XIoliminUsum
PluratumadDisciplinamEcclesiasticamcum CanonicaeVallisTravalliae,ed.MarcoMa-
adDivinorumOfficiorumRitusCleriveMores gistretti,MonumentaVeterisLiturgiae
PertinentiaSancitaSuntetSynodusTorcellana Ambrosianae,2–3,2vols.,(Milan:
inquaPraedictiGradensisConciliiConstituti- Hoepli,1904–5)
onesPromulgataeSunt,Mansi24:1163–72 Meersseman,DossierDossierdel’ordre
Gratian,DecretumDecretumMagistri delap´enitenceauXIIIesi`ecle,ed.GillesGe´-
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MatteoGriffoniMatteoGriffoni, Meersseman,OrdoOrdoFraternitatis:
MemorialeHistoricumdeRebusBononiensium, Confraterniteepieta` deilaicinelMedioevo,ed.
ed.LodovicoFratiandAlbanoSorbelli, GillesGe´rardMeersseman,withthecol-
RIS218:2 laborationofGianPieroPacini,Italia
LuccaStat.StatutodelcommunediLucca Sacra,24–26,3vols.(Rome:Herder,
dell’annoMCCCVIII,ed.SalvatoreBongi 1977)
andLeoneDelPrete,Memorieedocu- Mem.Pot.Reg.MemorialePotestatumRe-
mentiperservireallastoriadiLucca,3:3 giensium,ed.LodovicoAntonioMura-
(Lucca:Giusti,1867) tori,RIS8:1071–180
LuccaSynod(1253)Deisinodidelladi- MGH.SSMonumentaGermaniaeHistorica
ocesidiLucca:Dissertazioni,ed.PaolinoDi- indeabAnnoChristiQuingentesimousquead
nelli,Memorieedocumentiperservire AnnumMillesimumetQuingentesimum:
Abbreviations ix (cid:3)
Scriptores,ed.GeorgHeinrichPertzetal., IldebrandinoPaduanoEpiscopoinSynodo
33vols.in36(1826–1913;rpt.,Stuttgart: Anni1339Conditae,Mansi25:1131–44
Hiersemann,1976) ParmaStat.IStatutaCommunisParmaeDi-
MilanCouncil(1287)ConciliumMedio- gestaAnno1255,MonumentaHistoricaad
lanenseinCausaDisciplinaeEcclesiasticae ProvinciasParmensemetPlacentinam
HabitumAnnoDomini1287,Mansi Pertinentia,1(Parma:Fiaccadori,1856)
24:867–82 ParmaStat.IIStatutaCommunisParmae
ModenaStat.(1306/7)RespublicaMu- abAnno1266adAnnumcirciter1304,Mon-
tinensis(1306–1307),ed.EmilioPaoloVi- umentaHistoricaadProvinciasPar-
cini(Milan:Hoepli,1932) mensemetPlacentinamPertinentia,1
ModenaStat.(1327)StatutaCivitatis (Parma:Fiaccadori,1857)
MutineAnno1327:Testo,ed.Cesare ParmaStat.IIIStatutaCommunisParmae
Campori,Monumentadistoriapatria abAnno1316ad1325,Monumenta
delleprovincemodenesi:Seriedeglista- HistoricaadProvinciasParmensemet
tuti,1(Parma:Fiaccadori,1864) PlacentinamPertinentia,1(Parma:Fiac-
MOPHMonumentaOrdinisFratrum cadori,1859)
PraedicatorumHistorica PiacenzaBattutiStat.(1317)LiberVite,
NovaraBattutiStat.(XIV)Regulaet ed.C.Mesini,in‘‘Statutipiacentini-
ConstitucionesReguleCongregationisetElemo- parmensideidisciplinati,’’Archiviostorico
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gentieeidemReguleConcesseinNovara,ed. PiacenzaStat.Cler.StatutaClericorum
PierGiorgioLongo,in‘‘Penitenti,bat- Placentiae,StatutaVariaCivitatisPlacentiae,
tuti,devotiinNovaratraxiiiexvise- MonumentaHistoricaadProvincias
colo(Documentieappuntiperuno ParmensemetPlacentinamPertinentia,
studio),’’Bollettinostoricoperlaprovinciadi 1(Parma:Fiaccadori,1855),529–55
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NovaraSynodIICanonesEpiscopalesEc- Pont.Rom.(XII)PontificaleRomanum
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1971),168–279 Vaticana,1938),123–302
OrdoSenensisOrdoOfficiorumEcclesiae Pont.Rom.(XIII)Pontificalesecundum
SenensisabOdericoeiusdemEcclesiaeCanonico ConsuetudinemetUsumRomanaeCuriae,Le
AnnoMCCXIIICompositus,ed.Giovanni pontificalromainauMoyenAˆge,2,ed.Mi-
CrisostomoTombelli(Bologna:Longi, chelAndrieu,Studietesti,87(Vatican
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PaduaStat.StatutidelcomunediPadova 1939),327–522
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