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Documenting the Past in Medieval Puglia, 1130-1266 explores the production of historical memory in the region of Puglia after it was subsumed within the new Kingdom of Sicily in 1130. It assesses the significance of the apparent disappearance of more traditional forms of Pugliese historical writing after 1130, and explores the existence of other historical discourses (beyond those solely preserved in the few 'royal-centred' high-status chronicles) which were embedded in surviving local documentation. The volume incorporates an extensive examination of charters and correspondence, an evidence-type yet to be fully utilised for this purpose in the study of medieval Puglia. Closely analysing the corpus of extant Pugliese charters and correspondence for the period of Norman-Staufen rule (1130-1266) in the kingdom reveals the existence of embedded 'histories'. One of the book's key aims is to examine the role of both Pugliese individuals and communities, and 'central agents' (monarchy, papacy), in producing local historical memory, especially across phases of political upheaval and socio-cultural transformation. The charter evidence demonstrates the preservation and creation of multiple, intersecting public and private historical narratives and remembrances, developed to protect the past, present, and future. These 'histories' were the product of repeated encounters between local communities and centralised superstructures. We can, therefore, identify the vibrant production of local historical narratives and memories claimed by monastic, episcopal, professional, urban, and familial communities. As such this book contributes to a broader understanding of 'use' of the past and of the nuanced inter-relationship between 'Centre' and 'Periphery' in medieval polities. --

Middle Ages --- History --- Methodology --- Puglia (Italy) --- Puglia (Italy) --- Historiography. --- History --- Sources.

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Racconto di guerra, di politica internazionale, di intrighi, di sofferenze: scritto tra il 1349 e il 1351 dal notaio Domenico di Gravina, il Chronicon è il vivace resoconto di un testimone diretto, anzi di un protagonista degli eventi che sconvolsero l’Italia meridionale tra il 1333 e il 1350. Muovendosi lungo le strade che vanno da Gravina a Barletta, dalla Murgia a Castel del Monte, descrive minuziosamente le zuffe, le battaglie e gli assedi che punteggiarono il conflitto tra la regina di Napoli (o meglio di Sicilia) Giovanna I e suo cognato Luigi d’Ungheria, venuto per vendicare l’assassinio del giovane fratello Andrea (marito di Giovanna) e per conquistare un territorio ricchissimo. Fu una guerra tra due rami della medesima stirpe angioina, ma offrì l’occasione per riassestare le strutture cittadine e aristocratiche del Mezzogiorno. Questa edizione rilegge criticamente il testo dell’unico ms. esistente (Wien, ÖNB, 3465, autografo o idiografo), offrendo anche un’attenta traduzione italiana e ricche note di commento. Ma non solo: nell’articolata introduzione, ridefinisce i tratti della storiografia ‘notarile’ del Trecento, ponendo al centro dell’attenzione i concetti sempre scivolosi di autorialità e letterarietà, di oggettività e di attendibilità. --

Naples (Kingdom) --- Puglia (Italy) --- History --- Domenico da Gravina, --- Domenico, --- Critique et interprétation. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Naples (Italie ; Royaume)