Argenta

Who holds it

Name

The archbishop of Ravenna (Guglielmo di Cabriano)

Title

Lord

Since

early Middle Ages

Confidence

high

Argenta belonged to the church of Ravenna from the sixth century and was contested between the archbishops and the Este from the twelfth to the fourteenth century; in 1200 Ferrarese soldiers with Modenese and Veronese troops sacked and burned it (month not pinned).

Lord in 1200

The archbishop of Ravenna (Church map record).

How things stand that morning

Held by the archbishop; under threat from Ferrara.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1200 (month not pinned)Sacked and burned by the Ferrarese with Veronese and Modenese help; restored to the archbishop in 1209.Depends on: Ferrara's quarrel with Ravenna and Verona's support. Stopped by: A settlement over the Primaro.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Italian Wikipedia on Argenta and the Dizionario Biografico on Salinguerra Torelli.

Primary sources for Ravenna

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Deeds of Innocent III, Anonymous (a curial official, perhaps Peter of Benevento) (about 1208 to 1209). The curia's own account of the pontificate's first decade, with letters copied in. Read online