Il Capitolo della Cattedrale nella vita economica e sociale della civitas reatina

The thesis is based on a documentary database, wich consist of notarial deeds produced between the twelfth and mid-fourteenth-century by episcopacy of Rieti, and preserved in the Chapterࢠs Archive of Rieti. The candidate has analyzed the parchment material, consisting primarily of purchases, concessions, ordination in feud, gifts, reviews of possessions, and disputes. The documents are presented in the introductory chapter of the thesis, which also focused attention to the history of the Archive. Afterwards the candidate outlines the historical of the Diocese of Rieti; in the subsequent chapter is examinated the formation process of territorial possessions of the episcopate, which took place both through inter vivos gifts of property to the church of Rieti, both through bequests. The candidate then proceeds to observe what were the forms and distribution of concessions and investiture, to identify a map of property granted by the bishop and chapter, and to consider the payment, with particular attention to two books of "Instrumenta". To complete the work described above, is shown in the appendix a complete summary of the documentary sources used in the thesis, and the complete transcription of certain acts deemed to be of significant interest.