This paper discussed the complexity and variety of the town districts in southern Italy, particularly in Campania. They were fiscal and administrative districts and were the output of the long interactions between the monarchy and the towns. They were also important political and economic players, which could influence the demographic trends thanks to the reductions of transactions costs granted by the royal privilegies. The majority of works on historical demography in southern Italy are based on fiscal sources which report the number of households in the entire district, i.e. the central place and its suburban district. In order to study urban hierarchies in this part of Italy it is essential to reconstruct the patters of settlements and the rates of urbanization inside each town district. This is what we attempted, relying on the few available sources, for some towns in Terra di Lavoro, not far from Naples. The urban hierarchy was here characterized by a capital city of very big dimensions, and by constellation of satellite cities of medium dimensions of c. 3-5000 inhabitants. Among these, Capua and Aversa grew in the period between 1447 and 1532 despite the vicinity to Naples, thanks to royal privileges. Within the town districts we can detect an urbanization in many ways similar, with a central place of bigger dimensions than the surrounding villages, with which it entertained a close political and economic relation.

About the Urbanization in the Kingdom of Naples: the Campanian Area in 15th-16th Centuries. in Urban Hierarchy: The Interaction Between Towns and Cities in Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times, edd. María Asenjo González, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan and Andrea Zorzi / Senatore, Francesco. - (2021), pp. 109-126.

About the Urbanization in the Kingdom of Naples: the Campanian Area in 15th-16th Centuries. in Urban Hierarchy: The Interaction Between Towns and Cities in Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times, edd. María Asenjo González, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan and Andrea Zorzi

Senatore Francesco
2021

Abstract

This paper discussed the complexity and variety of the town districts in southern Italy, particularly in Campania. They were fiscal and administrative districts and were the output of the long interactions between the monarchy and the towns. They were also important political and economic players, which could influence the demographic trends thanks to the reductions of transactions costs granted by the royal privilegies. The majority of works on historical demography in southern Italy are based on fiscal sources which report the number of households in the entire district, i.e. the central place and its suburban district. In order to study urban hierarchies in this part of Italy it is essential to reconstruct the patters of settlements and the rates of urbanization inside each town district. This is what we attempted, relying on the few available sources, for some towns in Terra di Lavoro, not far from Naples. The urban hierarchy was here characterized by a capital city of very big dimensions, and by constellation of satellite cities of medium dimensions of c. 3-5000 inhabitants. Among these, Capua and Aversa grew in the period between 1447 and 1532 despite the vicinity to Naples, thanks to royal privileges. Within the town districts we can detect an urbanization in many ways similar, with a central place of bigger dimensions than the surrounding villages, with which it entertained a close political and economic relation.
2021
978-2-503-57727-2
About the Urbanization in the Kingdom of Naples: the Campanian Area in 15th-16th Centuries. in Urban Hierarchy: The Interaction Between Towns and Cities in Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times, edd. María Asenjo González, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan and Andrea Zorzi / Senatore, Francesco. - (2021), pp. 109-126.
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