Teramo

Who holds it

Name

Bishop Atto (Attone) I, bishop from before 1179 until his death in 1204 (the diocese's list of bishops)

Title

Lord of the city: the bishop of Aprutium (Teramo)

Confidence

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Lord in 1200

Bishop Atto I of Teramo, lord of the city since William I gave it to Bishop Guido II after its destruction (1156); the surrounding castles are held by the counts of Aprutium and lesser lords.

Overlord

The crown of Sicily.

How things stand that morning

Quiet; the bishop holds the city for the crown. The frontier with the papal March is about 20 km north on the Tronto.

Charter

William I's grant of full lordship over the city to Bishop Guido II (1156); the diocese traces the bishops' title of princes of Teramo to the same grant, but the style is not attested here for 1200. Henry VI enfeoffed Teramo castles to his favourites in 1195 (it.wikipedia).

Council

No commune or consuls recorded for 1200; the bishop's court and chapter govern.

Communities

Latin townsmen; no recorded Jewish or foreign merchant community in 1200.

Fairs and markets

None recorded for 1200.

Militia

The bishop's vassals; no figures.

Walls and castle

Walls of the rebuilt town; the cathedral of San Berardo (consecrated 1176).

Trade and crafts

A market town of the hill country between the Tronto and the Vomano; the bishop's rebuilding drew trade (it.wikipedia).

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. 1200No dated event of 1200 is known for this lordship.Depends on: nothing Stopped by: nothing

Where the sources disagree

• it.wikipedia (Storia di Teramo) makes Dionisio bishop until 1202 and names a Bishop Rainaldo in 1195; the diocese's list has Dionisio moving to Amalfi in 1176 and Atto I bishop from before 1179 to 1204. The list is followed.

Evidence: Local histories built on the cathedral's charters and the diocese's list of bishops.

On the map: The tierra is the town's near land, shared out by distance; towns of the kingdom did not govern a contado as the communes of the Papal State did.

Primary sources for Sicily

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.

• Annals of Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
• Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
• Annals of Genoa, by Caffaro and his continuators, with Ogerio Pane for 1197 to 1219, Ogerio Pane and the other official annalists of Genoa (year by year under the commune's authority; the 1197 to 1219 section by Ogerio Pane). The official record of the commune. Read online
• Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
• Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• 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 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

7 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.