Statutory manuscripts on the two banks of the Tiber. The "popular government" and the fourteenth century statuta Urbis between history and historiography
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Abstract
The statuta Urbis are the oldest municipal statutes of Rome that have reached us. they were issued in 1360-63 by the will of the "popular government", governing the city with its own laws during the Avignon Papacy. the "popular" statuta ruled the legal and institutional life of the city until the return of the popes in Rome. in the 18th century, the ancient manuscripts of the statutes emerged from Vatican archives. as soon as Rome became capital of Italy, in 1871, legal and historical studies on the text, promoted by roman cultural institutions, flourished.
Keywords
- Late Medieval Rome
- Commune of Rome
- Urban Statutory Law
- Popular Government
- Roman Cultural Institutions (Late 19th Century)
