La valle del Piave e la via di Alemagna tra XII e XIII secolo. Territorio, forme di potere e progetti di dominazione

This research is focused on the study of the power forms in the Piave valley between XII and XIII century. The main aim is to represent the relationships between these powers and the territory, especially as far as the reciprocal conditioning of the expansionism politics and regional viability is concerned. After an introduction about the lines of communication between Venice and the mainland, especially the Alemagna way, the analysis has first of all concentrated on the peculiarities of the powers of counts, bishops, local princes and communes of the studied region (chapters I and II); secondly, the research has thrown light upon the relation between the territory and the presences of monasteries and hospices in the area of the Piave valley and Alemagna way (chapter III). The fourth chapter has thoroughly analyzed the peculiarities of the hegemonic domination strategies on the Piave valley, put in practice, with different times and motions, by city-state of Treviso and by the counts da Camino. Before the conclusions, a last paragraph is finally dedicated to the role and to the politic of Venice before and after the conquest of the mainland State.