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Title

Documents concerning Genoa and Finale Ligure

Authors

• Campofregoso, Petrus de, Duke of Genoa
• Foscari, Francesco, 1373-1457
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519

Call number

Ms. Coll. 733
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944908433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320836149
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4490843

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Latin, with some documents in Italian and Spanish

Summary

A collection of 17th-century documents and 16th-century copies of various documents, mostly from the 15th century, related to trade in Genoa and the history and purchase of Finale Ligure, Italy. Examples of the documents include an account in Spanish of a resolution passed by the Supremo Consejo de España regarding the legitimacy of the competing claims to the marquisate of Finale by the descendants of Aleramo de Monferrato (los del Carretto) and the Republic of Genoa; a letter from the duke of Venice, Francesco Foscari, and the duke of Genoa, Petrus de Campofregoso, concerning commerce in Tirenno; a reaffirmation of privileges from Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to a series of provinces, including Hungary, Dalmatia, Limburg, Luxembourg, Flanders, Frisia, and Alsace, discussing sea rights and the transportation of salt to Genoa; correspondence between diplomats, one from Genoa, discussing the acquisition of Finale; a warning to the people of Genoa, telling them not to allow themselves to be governed by anyone other than Spain; a set of two documents, one in Spanish and one in Italian, the former offering a brief explanation of the origins of the Marquisate of Finale, including the initial donation of territory made by Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great to Aleramo de Monferrato in 965 CE and the eventual takeover by the Republic of Genoa in 1385, and the latter contradicting the Spanish account; an account of the Spanish intrigues and eventual purchase of the Marquisate of Finale, including a discussion of how the Marquis' vassals revolted and a Spanish force, led by Don Beltrán III de la Cueva y Castilla, was dispatched from the Kingdom of Naples (under Spanish control) to quell the rebellion; a history of Finale as it pertained to Spain, with special focus on King Philip IV; and a mostly printed Latin document discussing merchant taxes in the area.

Notes

• For related documents, see Carretto family papers, Ms. Coll. 732, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
   

Extent

9 items (74 leaves)

Support

Paper.

Subjects topical

• Commercial law--Italy
• Maritime law--Italy
• Real property--Italy
• Salt industry and trade--Law and legislation--Italy

Genres

• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• Italian
• Paper
• Italy
• Legal
• Maritime

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. Folder 1, 1r — Foscari, Francesco, [Duke of Venice] (16th-century copy of a 1456 letter)
• fol. Folder 2, 1r — Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (16th-century copy of a 1496 document)
• fol. Folder 3, 1r — Diplomatic correspondence (16th-century copy of a 1567 letter)
• fol. Folder 4, 1r — Discourse to people of Genoa (1614)
• fol. Folder 5, 1r — Supremo Consejo de Espa?a (17th century)
• fol. Folder 6, 1r — History of Finale (17th century)
• fol. Folder 7, 1r — Account of purchase of Finale (1611)
• fol. Folder 8, 1r — Verdict (1615)