Vito Loré
Born in Taranto (Italy), 1971. Four-year degree in Classics (Honours), 1994, Department of Medieval History, Faculty of Arts, University “La Sapienza”, Rome (Italy).
Ph.D. in Medieval History, 2002, Faculty of Arts, University of Florence. Ph. D. Thesis based on the history of the abbey of Cava, one of the most important monasteries of southern Italy, and his social framework; the thesis has been published in 2008.
Post-doc in Medieval History, 2003-2005, Department of Medieval History, Faculty of Arts, University of Padua.
Since 2014 to 2022 Associate Professor, since March 2022 Full Professor of Medieval History, Department of Humanities, Roma Tre University.
My activity of research is based on some specific topics related to Medieval history: aristocracies in urban and rural contexts, monasteries and aristocracies, ties between social change and political institutions, the economics of public powers in Early Middle Ages. I worked especially on Early Medieval Southern Italy (7th to 12th Century) and, more recently, on Lombard Kingdom in 8th Century. I am member of “Reti Medievali” Scientific Board; member of the Scientific Board of the Centro Interuniversitario per la Storia e l’Archeologia dell’Alto Medio Evo (SAAME), and of the "Centro di Studi per la storia delle campagne e del lavoro contadino (CESSCALC, Montalcino)"; “Chercheur associé” at LAMOP (Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne); since 2021 Member of the Board of SISMED (Società Italiana per la Storia Medievale).
Ph.D. in Medieval History, 2002, Faculty of Arts, University of Florence. Ph. D. Thesis based on the history of the abbey of Cava, one of the most important monasteries of southern Italy, and his social framework; the thesis has been published in 2008.
Post-doc in Medieval History, 2003-2005, Department of Medieval History, Faculty of Arts, University of Padua.
Since 2014 to 2022 Associate Professor, since March 2022 Full Professor of Medieval History, Department of Humanities, Roma Tre University.
My activity of research is based on some specific topics related to Medieval history: aristocracies in urban and rural contexts, monasteries and aristocracies, ties between social change and political institutions, the economics of public powers in Early Middle Ages. I worked especially on Early Medieval Southern Italy (7th to 12th Century) and, more recently, on Lombard Kingdom in 8th Century. I am member of “Reti Medievali” Scientific Board; member of the Scientific Board of the Centro Interuniversitario per la Storia e l’Archeologia dell’Alto Medio Evo (SAAME), and of the "Centro di Studi per la storia delle campagne e del lavoro contadino (CESSCALC, Montalcino)"; “Chercheur associé” at LAMOP (Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne); since 2021 Member of the Board of SISMED (Società Italiana per la Storia Medievale).
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in the 10th and 11th centuries; the principality of Salerno presents the most abundant documentation
on this subject. The forms of management appear very different in the public lands and
in personal patrimonies of the princes. It can be read in terms of political culture, rather than
economic logic.
XIII, troviamo spesso terre senza un possessore stabile, destinate alla
coltivazione dei cereali e all’allevamento e gestite in forma comunitaria:
sono i demania. Scopo del presente articolo è proporre alcune
ipotesi sulla loro origine, mettendole in relazione ai patrimoni aristocratici e ai beni pubblici nell’alto Medioevo, sulla base di alcune
eccezionali testimonianze di ambito salernitano.
In 12th-13th centuries southern Italy, there were some pieces of lands
without any stable ownership and intended for cereals and livestock: the
demania. They were also characterized by communitarian management.
The aim of this article is to propose some hypotheses on their origins,
by linking them to the aristocratic patrimonies and to the public estates
during Early Middle Ages, on the basis of some exceptional sources from the Salernitan archives.
The article investigates the relation between the timeline of European history in the 5th to 15th
centuries and the persistence of some deep-rooted stereotypes in textbooks, proposing a catalogue
of the main issues of medieval history in nine textbooks.
This essay explores social profiles and prerogatives of minor officials in the Principality of Salerno between the 9th and the 11th centuries. Some rich documentary dossiers show a coherent picture. Sculdais and gastalds were endowed with modest riches; they normally exercised their power in the area of origin, away from Salerno; they rarely consolidated their social standing or became counts – i.e., a more prestigious rank. Chances for promotion were limited. This is best shown through the case of a gastald named Vivo, son of Pietro, who lived in the second half of the 11th century – that is, between the last decades of Lombard rule and the ultimate success of the Normans.
in the 10th and 11th centuries; the principality of Salerno presents the most abundant documentation
on this subject. The forms of management appear very different in the public lands and
in personal patrimonies of the princes. It can be read in terms of political culture, rather than
economic logic.
XIII, troviamo spesso terre senza un possessore stabile, destinate alla
coltivazione dei cereali e all’allevamento e gestite in forma comunitaria:
sono i demania. Scopo del presente articolo è proporre alcune
ipotesi sulla loro origine, mettendole in relazione ai patrimoni aristocratici e ai beni pubblici nell’alto Medioevo, sulla base di alcune
eccezionali testimonianze di ambito salernitano.
In 12th-13th centuries southern Italy, there were some pieces of lands
without any stable ownership and intended for cereals and livestock: the
demania. They were also characterized by communitarian management.
The aim of this article is to propose some hypotheses on their origins,
by linking them to the aristocratic patrimonies and to the public estates
during Early Middle Ages, on the basis of some exceptional sources from the Salernitan archives.
The article investigates the relation between the timeline of European history in the 5th to 15th
centuries and the persistence of some deep-rooted stereotypes in textbooks, proposing a catalogue
of the main issues of medieval history in nine textbooks.
This essay explores social profiles and prerogatives of minor officials in the Principality of Salerno between the 9th and the 11th centuries. Some rich documentary dossiers show a coherent picture. Sculdais and gastalds were endowed with modest riches; they normally exercised their power in the area of origin, away from Salerno; they rarely consolidated their social standing or became counts – i.e., a more prestigious rank. Chances for promotion were limited. This is best shown through the case of a gastald named Vivo, son of Pietro, who lived in the second half of the 11th century – that is, between the last decades of Lombard rule and the ultimate success of the Normans.
wichtigsten Quellen zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte im
frühmittelalterlichen Italien. Ihre starre formelhafte Struktur
bewirkte allerdings, dass die Veränderungen der wirtschaftlichen
Konjunkturen und gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen mitunter nur
verspätet Eingang in sie fanden. Das Seminar untersucht die
Dokumente nicht nur aus einer historischen Perspektive im
engeren Sinne, sondern richtet den Blick insbesondere auf ihre
formalen Aspekte. Auf der Grundlage eines interregionalen und
interdisziplinären Vergleichs geht es darum, unsere Kenntnisse
über die Natur, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Quellen zur
Geschichte der italienischen Agrarlandschaft im Frühmittelalter zu
erweitern und zu erneuern.
I contratti agrari costituiscono, assieme ai polittici, una delle
fonti essenziali per la storia economica e sociale dell'Italia
altomedievale. Tuttavia i patti agrari, caratterizzati da un
formulario rigido, sono fonti reticenti e potevano tardare a
recepire i cambiamenti avvenuti nelle congiunture economiche
e nelle strutture sociali. Il seminario esaminerà i documenti non
solo in una prospettiva propriamente storica, ma anche con
particolare riguardo ai loro aspetti formali. Attraverso un
confronto interregionale e interdisciplinare, si mira ad
approfondire e aggiornare le nostre conoscenze su caratteri,
limiti e potenzialità delle fonti sulla storia delle campagne
italiane nell'alto medioevo.
Para plasmar estas ideas de manera más concreta, se plantean una serie de estudios parciales, que no pretenden cubrir toda la gama de posibilidades y casos. La idea de este encuentro, que forma parte de las actividades del proyecto de investigación Colapso y regeneración en la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media: el caso del noroeste peninsular (Ref. HAR2013-47789-C3-1-P) y del Grupo de Investigación Antigüedad Tardía y Alta Edad Media (ATAEMHIS) de la Universidad de Salamanca, es analizar situaciones distintas dentro del marco altomedieval, buscando la comparación, pero no la analogía, a través de un cuestionario entendido como marco general de reflexión: ¿Qué formas de representación territorial del poder y de las comunidades pueden encontrarse?, ¿qué mecanismos de control se verifican en esos territorios y cuál es su efectividad?, ¿qué modelos de jerarquización territorial se detectan?, ¿quién ejerce el control sobre las funciones de los “lugares centrales”? ¿pueden existir modelos de escasa jerarquización territorial?, ¿cómo se ven afectadas las sociedades locales por la creación de modelos territoriales desde la autoridad central?, ¿cómo se ven afectados los poderes centrales por las fórmulas de territorialidad local?