The essay examines the sources relating to a prominent female figure belonging to the aristocracy of the comitatus of Florence: Gisla, daughter of Rodolfo. In the light of the most recent acquisitions on medieval Tuscan aristocratic society, evidence on her life, her patrimony, her kinship relations and alliances are placed in the political and social context of the March of Tuscia in the 11th century. The result is the profile of a social network made up of individuals and families who all revolved around the same milieu and belonged to the political leadership of the comitatus. In this context, women also played a fundamental role, as attested by the management of family landed estates, but also by their ability to build real alliances with other personalities who acted on the same political scene and drew prestige and wealth from their privileged relations with the public sphere of power and from their inclusion in the marquis’ circle.
Il saggio esamina la documentazione relativa a una figura femminile di spicco appartenente all’aristocrazia del comitatus di Firenze: Gisla figlia di Rodolfo. Alla luce delle più recenti acquisizioni sulla società aristocratica medievale toscana, le notizie sulla sua vita, il suo patrimonio, le sue relazioni di parentela e alleanze vengono collocate nel contesto politico e sociale della marca di Tuscia nel pieno XI secolo. Ne risulta il profilo di un network sociale formato da individui e famiglie che ruotavano attorno al medesimo ambiente e appartenevano tutti ai vertici politici del comitatus. In tale contesto anche le donne ebbero un ruolo fondamentale, attestato dalla gestione dei patrimoni fondiari familiari, ma anche dalla capacità di costruire vere e proprie relazioni di alleanza con altri personaggi che si muovevano sulla stessa scena politica e traevano prestigio e ricchezza dai rapporti privilegiati con la sfera pubblica del potere e dall’inserimento nella cerchia marchionale.
maria elena cortese (2024). Potens ac nobilis matrona. Gisla figlia di Rodolfo (Firenze, secolo XI). Genova : SOCIETÀ LIGURE DI STORIA PATRIA.
Potens ac nobilis matrona. Gisla figlia di Rodolfo (Firenze, secolo XI)
maria elena cortese
2024
Abstract
The essay examines the sources relating to a prominent female figure belonging to the aristocracy of the comitatus of Florence: Gisla, daughter of Rodolfo. In the light of the most recent acquisitions on medieval Tuscan aristocratic society, evidence on her life, her patrimony, her kinship relations and alliances are placed in the political and social context of the March of Tuscia in the 11th century. The result is the profile of a social network made up of individuals and families who all revolved around the same milieu and belonged to the political leadership of the comitatus. In this context, women also played a fundamental role, as attested by the management of family landed estates, but also by their ability to build real alliances with other personalities who acted on the same political scene and drew prestige and wealth from their privileged relations with the public sphere of power and from their inclusion in the marquis’ circle.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.