Catalogus baronum

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The Catalogus baronum consists of a Norman directory of fiefs and their military service obligations from the continental part of the Kingdom of Sicily (excluding Calabria ), which was first created under Roger II , a directory of the milites of Arce , Sora and Aquino from 1175 as well as a list of fiefs of the Capitanata , which was created in 1239/1240. The term was coined by Carlo Borrelli, who first edited these texts in 1643. In the scientific literature, the term is usually used for references to the first part.

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According to a Hohenstaufen copy, the texts were in the Angiovini chancellery register 242 from 1322, fol. 13–63 (lost as a result of the war, as did the original register of Frederick II in 1943). The texts contain a total of 1442 entries of various sizes.

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The Quaternus magne expeditionis (booklet of the great campaign) was created in a first editorial under Roger II from 1150-1152, then checked under Wilhelm II in 1167/1168 and given an augmentum (surcharge). The aim of the revision was not to supplement documents, although in Abruzzo and parts of Puglia quaterniones curie are occasionally cited as the basis of the investigation. Rather, the documents should be compiled for an extended set that could be called up if necessary. It was a precautionary measure, a specific cause cannot be identified. Insofar as the economic circumstances of the individual fiefdom bearer permit, the planned number should be doubled per augmento . In addition to the combat riders, servientes are also registered for the contingent , usually in a ratio of 2: 1. Churches were actually exempt from military services, but as part of the preparations for the great campaign, a participation pro auxilio magne expeditionis was planned.

The list from 1175 (No. 1263–1372) has no title of its own in the manuscript.

The Staufer list for the Capitanata ( Pheudatarii iusticiaratus Capitanatae ) is divided into secular (No. 1373-1427) and clerical fiefdoms (No. 1428-1442).

For our knowledge of the Norman and Hohenstaufen nobility in the continental part of the kingdom, the catalog is an important source that has no parallel in the European empires of the 12th century. There are similarities to the Domesday Book , which was written in Norman England, but has a different objective.

literature

  • Evelyn Jamison (Ed.): Catalogus Baronum . Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, Rome 1972, ( Fonti per la storia d'Italia 101).
  • Errico Cuozzo (Ed.): Catalogus baronum. Commentario . Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, Rome 1984 ( Fonti per la storia d'Italia 101 **)
  • Horst Enzensberger , Catalogus baronum In: Lexikon des Mittelalters II, 1983, Sp.1570f.