PhD Thesis by Stefano Locatelli
A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the ... more A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities (October 2018)
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Journal Articles by Stefano Locatelli
Eurostudium3w, 56, 2021
This article aims to examine the main features of the sexennial tithe (1274-80) of pope Gregory X... more This article aims to examine the main features of the sexennial tithe (1274-80) of pope Gregory X to show how this form of taxation constituted one of the major manifestations of papal power in the late Middle Ages. The analysis will focus on five unpublished registers for the collection of the tithe in the Collectorate formed by the ecclesiastical provinces of the Kingdom of Sicily. The first results of this research will allow to draw an initial picture of the action of the collector Pietro da Ferentino, to provide new and important details regarding the dioceses involved, the coins paid, the sums collected, and to shed new light on the dynamics of power and negotiation strategies between the various actors involved in the tithe.
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The Numismatic Chronicle 179 , 2019
This article publishes for the first time a coin hoard discovered in Syracuse in 1938 and kept at... more This article publishes for the first time a coin hoard discovered in Syracuse in 1938 and kept at the local Museo Archeologico Regionale ‘Paolo Orsi’. The hoard consists of 91 gold coins: 83 Florentine florins, seven Venetian ducats and one deceptive imitation (or counterfeit) ducat of apparently good gold, dating between 1313 and c.1369. Given the scarcity of numismatic evidence and the inadequacy of archival documentation for those years, this material provides important details about the circulation of ducats and florins in the Kingdom of Sicily-Aragon, in a period in which Sicilian and Southern Italian mints had ceased to mint gold. This study also sheds light on further aspects of these coinages, including the use of secret marks on Venetian ducats, the production of imitation ducats, the identification of individual florins and their chronologies. A die analysis reveals connections with the almost contemporary Montella hoard (1354).
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Revue Numismatique, 2018
1252 is known as the date for the return to gold in Western Europe: in that year Genoa and Floren... more 1252 is known as the date for the return to gold in Western Europe: in that year Genoa and Florence began to produce their gold coins, opening a new era in Western European monetary history. African, Islamic, Byzantine, Crusader gold coins, however, never ceased to circulate within the Mediterranean. By considering all possible connections between East and West, this article provides new insights on long-debated problems related to the 13th century ‘back to gold’, namely the chronology and the identification of the first Genoese gold coins, and the rise of the gold florin of Florence.
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Book Chapters by Stefano Locatelli
Il Tarì moneta del Mediterraneo (Amalfi: Presso la Sede del Centro), 2023
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The Italian Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 1: South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia; ed. by B. Cook, S. Locatelli, G. Sarcinelli and L. Travaini (Bari: The Trustees of the British Museum & Edizioni D’Andrea, 2020) pp. 23-53, 2020
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XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015. Proceedings, 2 vols, ed. by M. C. Caltabiano (Rome: Arbor Sapientiae, 2017), I, pp. 1138-42, 2017
This paper provides new insights into the monetary circulation of the kingdoms of Naples and Sici... more This paper provides new insights into the monetary circulation of the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily during the sixteenth century through the study of two unpublished coin hoards found on the island of Lipari in the last century and now preserved in the Museo Archeologico Regionale ‘Paolo Orsi’ of Siracusa (Sicily). The analysis of this material, namely the hoards of Lipari 1 and Lipari 2, will be developed by briefly sketching the historical background of the island in medieval and early modern times, emphasising the scarcity of documentary and numismatic evidence for the period under examination; then, by illustrating the main features of each hoard and providing a feasible date for their concealment.
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Moneta e identità territoriale: dalla polis antica alla civitas medievale, ed. by A. L. Morelli and E. Filippini (Reggio Calabria: Falzea, 2016), pp. 261-268
This paper deals with a specific iconography of saints on some medieval Italian coins, consisting... more This paper deals with a specific iconography of saints on some medieval Italian coins, consisting in the figure of the saint holding a model of the city or somehow associated to some architectural features referring to the city. Saints were a common theme on Italian medieval coins, especially bishop saints as founders of the Christian civitas. New saints were eventually represented on coins issued by seigniorial authorities, and at the same time a new iconographic scheme was developed significantly in seigniorial coinages (i.e. Padua, Pesaro, Camerino, Modena, Asti), where the local saint, bishop or martyr, was represented holding a model of the city in his hand. Several cases will be presented and commented, with references to images up to the 18th century.
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I am happy to announce this CFP for a one-day international workshop on ‘Monetary Policy in Times... more I am happy to announce this CFP for a one-day international workshop on ‘Monetary Policy in Times of Crisis (5th-16th Centuries)' at the University of Manchester on 13 May 2020. See the attachment for further details.
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by Kristjan Toomaspoeg, Antonio Macchione, Luigi Russo, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Stefano Locatelli, Davide Esposito, Maria Vezzoni, Francesco Macinanti, Nicola Ryssov, Francesco Bozzi, Alberto Sanna, Gilda de Feo, Leo Donnarumma, Sean Strong, and Imma Petito
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by Giovanni Collamati, Andrea Casalboni, Davide Del Gusto, Francesco Macinanti, Maria Vezzoni, Stefano Locatelli, Antonio Antonetti, Fabrizio Pagnoni, Esther Tello Hernández, Alberto Sanna, Nicola Ryssov, Francesco Bozzi, Sean Strong, Marco Fasolio, David Bardey, Antonio Macchione, Gilda de Feo, Ciro Berardinetti, Biagio Nuciforo, Leo Donnarumma, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, and Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri Apprendistato dello Storico III (2019). Dialettiche del Potere: rivendicazione, usurpazione, giustificazione, 30-31 Maggio 2019, Università degli studi di Roma - La Sapienza, 2019
Apprendistato dello Storico III (2019). Dialettiche del Potere: rivendicazione, usurpazione, gius... more Apprendistato dello Storico III (2019). Dialettiche del Potere: rivendicazione, usurpazione, giustificazione, 30-31 Maggio 2019, Università degli studi di Roma - La Sapienza, 2019.
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by Giovanni Collamati, Francesco Macinanti, Francesco Massetti, Maria Vezzoni, Davide Esposito, Stefano Locatelli, Antonio Antonetti, Fabrizio Pagnoni, Esther Tello Hernández, Francesco Bozzi, Stefano Bernardinello, Alberto Sanna, Nicola Ryssov, Sean Strong, David Bardey, Antonio Macchione, Ciro Berardinetti, Biagio Nuciforo, Leo Donnarumma, Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña, Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri, Federico Del Tredici, Eleonora Plebani, Gaetano Lettieri, Giovanni Contel, Andrea Casalboni, Davide Del Gusto, and Luigi Russo Apprendistato dello Storico III (2019). Dialettiche del Potere: rivendicazione, usurpazione, giustificazione, 30-31 Maggio 2019, Università degli studi di Roma - La Sapienza, 2019
Il potere è stato spesso fine e mezzo dell'agire dell'uomo nel corso dei secoli: la sua ricerca e... more Il potere è stato spesso fine e mezzo dell'agire dell'uomo nel corso dei secoli: la sua ricerca e il suo mantenimento hanno mosso da sempre gli intimi ingranaggi della Storia, dai più ampi contesti europei alle più ridotte esperienze locali. Ad oggi questa sua natura capillare ci permette di elevarlo a privilegiato punto di osservazione delle vicende umane. Si tratta dunque di un argomento trasversale che consente di mettere in relazione studi apparentemente distanti, ma intimamente interconnessi, come quelli proposti in questo incontro. Anche quest’anno l’Apprendistato dello Storico persegue infatti lo scopo per cui è stato ideato: mettere a confronto le ricerche di giovani studiosi provenienti da tutta Europa, sotto l’occhio attento di esperti medievisti di alto calibro.
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By adopting a new approach that builds on the study of the early circulation of the florin and it... more By adopting a new approach that builds on the study of the early circulation of the florin and its use by the agents of the time, it is now possible to tell a different but complementary story of this money. Crucially, I argue that the early history of the gold florin needs to be reconsidered from a Mediterranean perspective, and specifically in light of the existing intersection between Florence and its merchants, the Angevin Crown in the Kingdom of Sicily, and the papacy.
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This paper investigates the life of the gold florin of Florence in the period 1260s-1280s, and pa... more This paper investigates the life of the gold florin of Florence in the period 1260s-1280s, and particularly, it aims to identify the elements that contributed to its take off, considering all the facets of its multiform circulation.
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This paper challenges the traditional assumption that the gold florin was originally conceived as... more This paper challenges the traditional assumption that the gold florin was originally conceived as monetary standard for the international market.
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LUCIA TRAVAINI, STEFANO LOCATELLI. La città nelle mani del santo: studi di iconografia monetale.
... more LUCIA TRAVAINI, STEFANO LOCATELLI. La città nelle mani del santo: studi di iconografia monetale.
This paper deals with a specific iconography of saints on some medieval Italian coins, consisting in the figure of the saint holding a model of the city or associated somehow to some architecture referring to the city. Saints were a common theme on Italian medieval coins, especially bishop saints as founders of the Christian civitas (see Travaini 2012: Proceedings of the LIN symposium in Genoa 2005, with previous bibliography; Travaini and Broggini: Proceedings of the LIN Milan symposium October 2012; Moneta 2010: Santi e monete. Repertorio dei santi raffigurati sulle monete italiane dal VII al XIX secolo, Milano). New saints were eventually represented on coins issued by seigniorial authorities, and at the same time a new iconographic scheme was developed, significantly in seigniorial coinages (i.e. Padua, Pesaro, Camerino, Modena, Asti) where the local saint, were it bishop or martyr, was represented holding the model of the city in his hand. Several cases will be presented and commented, with some references to images until the 18th century.
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This paper deals with a specific iconography of saints on some medieval Italian coins, consisting in the figure of the saint holding a model of the city or associated somehow to some architecture referring to the city. Saints were a common theme on Italian medieval coins, especially bishop saints as founders of the Christian civitas (see Travaini 2012: Proceedings of the LIN symposium in Genoa 2005, with previous bibliography; Travaini and Broggini: Proceedings of the LIN Milan symposium October 2012; Moneta 2010: Santi e monete. Repertorio dei santi raffigurati sulle monete italiane dal VII al XIX secolo, Milano). New saints were eventually represented on coins issued by seigniorial authorities, and at the same time a new iconographic scheme was developed, significantly in seigniorial coinages (i.e. Padua, Pesaro, Camerino, Modena, Asti) where the local saint, were it bishop or martyr, was represented holding the model of the city in his hand. Several cases will be presented and commented, with some references to images until the 18th century.
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Programma delle giornate, completo di orari e titoli delle sessioni e delle relazioni.
This paper deals with a specific iconography of saints on some medieval Italian coins, consisting in the figure of the saint holding a model of the city or associated somehow to some architecture referring to the city. Saints were a common theme on Italian medieval coins, especially bishop saints as founders of the Christian civitas (see Travaini 2012: Proceedings of the LIN symposium in Genoa 2005, with previous bibliography; Travaini and Broggini: Proceedings of the LIN Milan symposium October 2012; Moneta 2010: Santi e monete. Repertorio dei santi raffigurati sulle monete italiane dal VII al XIX secolo, Milano). New saints were eventually represented on coins issued by seigniorial authorities, and at the same time a new iconographic scheme was developed, significantly in seigniorial coinages (i.e. Padua, Pesaro, Camerino, Modena, Asti) where the local saint, were it bishop or martyr, was represented holding the model of the city in his hand. Several cases will be presented and commented, with some references to images until the 18th century.