G. STANCO, The Ariano’s Statutes. Municipal Law and Urban Identity between the Italian Regions of Campania and Apulia. For many years now, the historical researches has been primarly focusing over the negative aspects of the juridical nature of the Cities’ legislations at the south of Italy, comparing them with the juridical models established at the center-northern of the Peninsula. In this academic context, the remarkable experience of «jus proprium» – as it was affirmed in the «universitates civium» – has normally been obscured, especially in respect to the relevant inclination of so-called Communes toward autonomy and self-government. This is due to the fact that, traditionally, that peculiar aspect of Italian history has been analyzed through the history of City model depending on monarchy. On the contrary, the historical perspective seems now to be under the pressing process of re-interpretation, which is creating new opportunities for innovative researches in the field of urban territories, thanks also the special attention over the identity of City, of which “Jurisdiction” (created by local magistrates) of that time played a very important role. In particular, the need to clarify the mean of some (specific) terms, linked to the «universitates»’legal systems, leads to reconsider the juridical and institutional frameworks of South Italy, also considering the complexity of polycentric political models, where the documents – related to usages and municipal statutes – reveal the dialectical relationship among the various components of the Realm. While focusing the attention over the large and unusual documents of historical relevance – documents related to usages and municipal statutes as well as to judicial and notarial praxis from VIII to XVIII centuries – the Author analyses «leges et consuetudines» of the Ariano City, which was the first place where the political and legal organization of the so-called “Mezzogiorno” was born. We have to remember that this political and legal organization was formally originated by the “Assizes of Ariano” (1140). So that, Ariano represented a very important place, even under a symbolic point of view. If one analyses the relevance of medieval and modern legal tradition, as well as the quality of urban organizations (mostly influenced by the feudal system, the model of “State property” and the road links between the Naples’s ports and the Adriatic see) one may consider Ariano as an educational (historical) paradigm. Under the prospect of comparative analysis as well as the «scientia juris» and the «jus Regni», the Ariano’s Statutes might be taken into account for updating the interpretation over the koine of urban administrative organization in this part of Italy, informed by the decisive contribution of the law. In this sense, the Author aims at defining the cultural context, appreciating both the constitutive and distributive effects.
La storiografia si è a lungo dedicata agli aspetti problematici della natura giuridica delle normative cittadine meridionali e al confronto con il modello comunale dell’Italia centro-settentrionale. La pur rilevante esperienza dello «jus proprium» delle «universitates civium» ha finito per essere oscurata, rispetto alla capacità di autonomia ed autogoverno dei Comuni, per effetto del suo inquadramento in un tradizionale rapporto di subordinazione gerarchica tra città e monarchia. Il graduale processo di ripensamento delle tradizionali chiavi di lettura sulle vicende urbane meridionali sta creando nuove opportunità d’indagine, grazie alla particolare attenzione riservata all’identità cittadina, connotata da una «iurisdictio» propria che si esprime tramite le magistrature locali. L’esigenza di chiarire i termini specifici dell’ordinamento delle «universitates» porta a riconsiderare la realtà giuridica ed istituzionale del Sud d’Italia, nel quadro complesso di un sistema politico policentrico, dove i ‘codici’ statutari esprimono il rapporto dialettico fra le varie componenti del Regno. Attingendo ad un cospicuo ed inedito materiale documentario relativo a fonti notarili e statutarie e a prassi normativo-giudiziarie dall’VIII al XVIII secolo, l’A. ha concentrato le sue ricerche sulle «leges et consuetudines» della città di Ariano, luogo simbolo della nascita politica, giuridica e fiscale del "Mezzogiorno", in conseguenza della promulgazione delle Assise di Ruggero II nel 1140. Ariano, per la rilevanza della tradizione giuridica medievale e moderna, per la qualità delle funzioni urbane maturate nella dinamica dell’avvicendamento del regime feudale con quello demaniale e per la centralità nelle rotte di collegamento tra Napoli e i porti dell’Adriatico, assurge a caso paradigmatico. Nella cornice della comparazione, della «scientia juris» e dello «jus Regni», gli Statuti di Ariano offrono un punto di riferimento per aggiornare i moduli interpretativi riguardo alla diffusione di una peculiare koinè amministrativa urbana caratterizzata dal decisivo contributo del diritto, sia nella definizione del contesto culturale e sociale che nell’esplicazione dei suoi effetti costitutivi e distributivi.
Gli Statuti di Ariano. Diritto municipale e identità urbana tra Campania e Puglia.
STANCO, GIANFRANCO
2012-01-01
Abstract
G. STANCO, The Ariano’s Statutes. Municipal Law and Urban Identity between the Italian Regions of Campania and Apulia. For many years now, the historical researches has been primarly focusing over the negative aspects of the juridical nature of the Cities’ legislations at the south of Italy, comparing them with the juridical models established at the center-northern of the Peninsula. In this academic context, the remarkable experience of «jus proprium» – as it was affirmed in the «universitates civium» – has normally been obscured, especially in respect to the relevant inclination of so-called Communes toward autonomy and self-government. This is due to the fact that, traditionally, that peculiar aspect of Italian history has been analyzed through the history of City model depending on monarchy. On the contrary, the historical perspective seems now to be under the pressing process of re-interpretation, which is creating new opportunities for innovative researches in the field of urban territories, thanks also the special attention over the identity of City, of which “Jurisdiction” (created by local magistrates) of that time played a very important role. In particular, the need to clarify the mean of some (specific) terms, linked to the «universitates»’legal systems, leads to reconsider the juridical and institutional frameworks of South Italy, also considering the complexity of polycentric political models, where the documents – related to usages and municipal statutes – reveal the dialectical relationship among the various components of the Realm. While focusing the attention over the large and unusual documents of historical relevance – documents related to usages and municipal statutes as well as to judicial and notarial praxis from VIII to XVIII centuries – the Author analyses «leges et consuetudines» of the Ariano City, which was the first place where the political and legal organization of the so-called “Mezzogiorno” was born. We have to remember that this political and legal organization was formally originated by the “Assizes of Ariano” (1140). So that, Ariano represented a very important place, even under a symbolic point of view. If one analyses the relevance of medieval and modern legal tradition, as well as the quality of urban organizations (mostly influenced by the feudal system, the model of “State property” and the road links between the Naples’s ports and the Adriatic see) one may consider Ariano as an educational (historical) paradigm. Under the prospect of comparative analysis as well as the «scientia juris» and the «jus Regni», the Ariano’s Statutes might be taken into account for updating the interpretation over the koine of urban administrative organization in this part of Italy, informed by the decisive contribution of the law. In this sense, the Author aims at defining the cultural context, appreciating both the constitutive and distributive effects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
