Una insula habitata de homini carnifici e pleni di rixe : Gênes face à la violence aristocratique corse à la fin du Moyen Âge
The birth of a Genoese state in Corsica in the second half of the 15th century marked a New social order based upon the Genoese communal tradition. The Cinarchesi lords, who used to rule the South of the island and who had always opposed the Commune of Genoa, were defeated. They had no choice but to...
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Criminocorpus
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Criminocorpus |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/9344 |
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| Summary: | The birth of a Genoese state in Corsica in the second half of the 15th century marked a New social order based upon the Genoese communal tradition. The Cinarchesi lords, who used to rule the South of the island and who had always opposed the Commune of Genoa, were defeated. They had no choice but to submit or to leave for Sardinia. Bastia, as the seat of the Genoese government, became the island capital and the court of appeal of the whole seigneurial court. A Genoese monopoly regarding criminal justice thus emerged, whereas lords were definitively deprived of their coercive power. At the end of a secular struggle, the victory of Genoa over Corsican "tyrants" seemed complete. And this victory was proclaimed throughout the iconography of Saint Georges, which was spread into the island at that time (seals, banners, shields and bas-reliefs). Yet, a close reading of the sources reveals that this Genoese state building didn't go without a real explosion of aristocratic violence, raising the question of a possible form of resistance against Genoa. |
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| ISSN: | 2108-6907 |