Lucca's Ancient Heritage: The Early Structures of City and Territory
M. E. Bratchel
This chapter begins with chronicle traditions and the foundation myths, is mainly concerned identifying explaining territorial boundaries of early commune. examines links between city territory classical antiquity, episcopal diocese after conversion to Christianity, Carolingian county 9th century, commune as heir both bishopric. The shows how bishops Lucca accumulated land primarily within their own diocese, these lands were leased great diocesan families who came hold possessions throughout entire diocese. periphery was then tied centre by a web leases mutual obligations, this happened parameters (which very largely coincided Roman times).
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