Dal feudo al latifondo. Bronte e la Ducea Nelson
Journal title HISTORIA MAGISTRA
Author/s Alessandra Mangano
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2012/10
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 93-108 File size 115 KB
DOI 10.3280/HM2012-010008
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Nelson’s Archive, housed in the State Archive of Palermo, throws light on some issues mainly linked to local usages and the clash they create between the people from Bronte and the English administrators of the Duchy. Court cases, riots and threats are evidence of a complex and really problematic situation which develops soon after the abolition of feudalism in 1812. Bronte, which on the other hand represents the last military feud, witnesses better than other places the uneasiness and legislative chaos which are spread throughout Sicily, provoked by a decision which is still flimsy and highly undefined. The study of the Duchy allows to analyse this tormented period in which feudalism is not really abolished but transformed, leaving many unsolved questions on a system which shaped European society for centuries.
Keywords: Sicily, Bronte, English administration, abolition of feudalisim, riots, barons.
Alessandra Mangano, Dal feudo al latifondo. Bronte e la Ducea Nelson in "HISTORIA MAGISTRA" 10/2012, pp 93-108, DOI: 10.3280/HM2012-010008