La cattedrale e la città. Monarchia, episcopato, comunità cittadina nella Napoli angioina

pp: 195 DOI: 10.7375/70289

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This study re-examines the various
and often poorly interpreted
sources of financing for the construction of the Neapolitan cathedral (13th-14th centuries). Although King Charles II of Anjou
in a document from 29 August 1299
takes credit for founding the city's new cathedral
it was also built with the economic aid of the city community
and probably also of the Neapolitan Archbishop
whose engagement
while not documented
has been erroneously emphasized in recent studies. The building's ordinary maintenance activities were financed mainly by the Archbishops
while monarchs and the city community still collaborated towards extraordinary maintenance