Portici, palazzi, torri e fortezze. Edilizia e famiglie aristocratiche a Roma (XII-XIV secolo) ; Porches, Palaces, Towers and Fortresses. Buildings and Aristocratic Families in Rome (12th -14th centuries)

Abstract

[ES] A partir del examen sistemático de las fuentes escritas y de la recopilación ya análisis arqueolçogico-arquitectónico de toda la edilicia civil medieval, el artículo ilustra los patrimonios inmobiliarios y las formas que adoptaron las residencias, tanto de los máximos exponentes de la aristocracia romana, los llamados baroni, como del resto de la nobleza urbana. El examen de los pórticos, domus magne, palatia, torres y fortalezas muestra como desde el siglo xi, pero sobre todo desde el xii, se había afirmado con una fuerza hasta entonces desconocida, un vínculo estructural entre riqueza e inversiones en construcciones duraderas. Piedra, ladrillo y mortero se impusieron como instrumentos fundamentales a la hora de manifestar la identidad aristocrática y como medio de expresión de la agencia individual y familiar. ; [EN] Based on a study of written sources and on the census and archaeological-architectural analysis of all medieval civil buildings, the article illustrates the property assets and forms of residence of both the top ranks of the Roman aristocracy, the so-called barons, and the rest of the city's nobility. The history of porches, domus magne, palatia, towers and fortresses shows how from the 11th and, above all, from the 12th century a structural link between wealth and investment in durable buildings established itself with a previously unknown strength. Stone, brick, and mortar became a fundamental means of displaying aristocratic identity and expressing individual and family agency. ; Questo lavoro è stato interamente realizzato con il progetto Petrifying Wealth. The Southern European Shift to Masonry as Collective Investment in Identity, c. 1050-1300. Questo progetto ha ricevuto un finanziamento dall'European Research Council (ERC) nell'ambito dell'European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n.º 695515). ; Peer reviewed