Lodi

Who holds it

Title

The commune of Lodi (consuls or podestà of 1199)

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

The commune; the bishop, Arderico di Sant'Agnese (1189-1217).

How things stand that morning

Under the commune, at peace with Milan.

Charter

Frederick I's refoundation (1158; privilege dated December 1158 by Treccani) and his grant of the right to build bridges on the local rivers and to navigate Lombardy free of toll; Henry VI confirmed Lodi's privileges; the perpetual peace with Milan (1198) recognised its jurisdiction over its territory and its exclusive trade on the Adda.

Council

Twelve consuls, two from each of six neighbourhoods (vicinanze), with a council (credenza) and a council of guild representatives (Wikipedia, undated); in some years a podestà from outside. Which held office on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Militia

City militia. No figures.

Walls and castle

The walls of the new city of 1158 (details not pinned).

Trade and crafts

Adda river trade and the bridge; the produce of the irrigated plain.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Refoundation and 1198 peace sourced.

Primary sources for Lodi

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.

• Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
• The Lombard city annals of Piacenza, Milan, Cremona, Parma, Mantua and Verona (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries). The communes' own year lists. Read online