The leases of Piacenza during Carolingian age (774-900)

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Nicola Mancassola

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This paper investigates the leases of the comitatus of Piacenza during Carolingian age (774-900). In the first section I considered the social profile of free peasants and their role in the rural society. Then I examined the structure of leases (cartula convenientia or petitio) during the Carolingian age and the changing forms and formulas in the eighth and ninth century (libellus, peditorio, cartula). Finally I concluded giving some general consideration on the leases of Piacenza and showing the importance of these documents for the history of rural society.

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Mancassola, Nicola. 2017. “The Leases of Piacenza During Carolingian Age (774-900)”. Reti Medievali Journal 18 (2), 225-50. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/5335.
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Essayes in Monographic Section