Ferrara

Who holds it

Name

Salinguerra II Torelli

Title

Podestà for 1199

Since

1199

Confidence

medium

Dizionario Biografico (2019); for 1200 the Veronese Tebaldo Turrisendi by exchange. See Ferrara.

Lord in 1200

The commune under its podestà; Bishop Huguccio (since 1190) holds the cathedral and the bishop's rights; Salinguerra holds the imperial palace by Henry VI's diploma of 1195.

How things stand that morning

Shared between the two parties under a podestà; no lord.

Charter

Henry VI's diploma of 1195 to Salinguerra (jurisdiction over his property and the imperial palace); possibly the first body of statutes under Salinguerra in 1195 (Dizionario Biografico). Member of the Lombard League after 1164.

Council

Podestà with councils; the parties (partes) are first named in writing in 1202.

Communities

Not documented for 1200 in the sources read.

Fairs and markets

Not pinned for 1200.

Militia

City militia and the armed households of the Torelli, the Giocoli, the Turchi and the Linguetta; Veronese and Modenese help in 1200.

Walls and castle

The walled city along the river with the Castello dei Curtensi quarter where the Giocoli built their tower houses; the Este castle is fourteenth-century.

Trade and crafts

River traffic and tolls on the southern Po branches; salt and fish from the delta; boatmen and millers.

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. Early 1200 (not pinned)Tebaldo Turrisendi of Verona takes office as podestà.Depends on: The exchange with Verona. Stopped by: An Este rising.

Places of note

• Cathedral of San Giorgio: Bishop Huguccio's church

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Offices from the Dizionario Biografico; the city's fabric from the general histories.

On the map: Near land drawn as about 6 km round the walls; the river courses of 1200 differ from today's.