La liquidazione dell’asse ecclesiastico in Emilia- Romagna (1867-1881): analisi socio – economica e valutazioni comparative

The first part of the study offers a framework of political, economic and especially financial of united, trying to identify the practical reasons of the actions taken with respect to the axis ecclesiastical. It is then considered ecclesiastical legislation unification, rebuilding an analytical procedures and the arrangements for the application throughout the country. It is analyzed in a systematic way on sources obtained from state archives of several cities located in the territories under investigation, corresponding to the region of Emilia-Romagna, the importance of the dynamics grafted from the practices of alienation of church property involved in 800's liquidations. Special attention was paid to the fact profiles of buyers of assets liquidated, the relation with the dynamics of agricultural time and place, to strictly financial results achieved with the whole operation