The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century / An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes.

by William Klapp Williams

[78:] Lothar I.: Capit. anni 873, Art. 9. v. Baluzii: Capit. Reg. Franc. Tom. II., p. 232. Leg. No. 48. v. Muratori: Diss. X., Vol. I., P. I., p. 112.

[79:] Muratori: Ant. Ital. Diss. LXXVII., Tom. III., Parte II., p. 189.

[80:] Vid. Tommasio: Historia sanese, Lib. IV.; Ughelli: Italia Sacra, Tom. III., for this privilege.

[81:] Brunetti: Cod. Diplom. Toscan. No. 8, a. 715. A priest named Gunthram says: "Nec cumquam ab episcopum Senensem coridicionem habuimus, nisi, si de seculares causas nobis oppressio fiebat, veniebamus ad judicem Senensem, eo quod in ejus territorio sedebamus."

[82:] Brunetti: Cod. Diplom. Toscan. No, 8, a. 715. Germanus, a deacon, says: "Quoniam prelectus a plebe, cum epistola Warnefried [the Gastald of Siena] rogaturus ambulavi ad Luperceanum Aretine Ecclesie Episcopum et per eum consecratus sum."

[83:] For example see a judgment of the year 771, in the Archivio of Lucca. For which vid. Muratori: Ant. Ital. Diss. LXX., Tom. III., P. II., p. 184.

[84:] Good illustrations of all these statements are to be found in two documents in the Archivio Archivescovile of Lucca, of about the year 813. Vid. Muratori: Ant. Ital. Diss. LXX., Tom. III., Parte II., p. 184.

[85:] Codex Carolinus—Adriani I., Epist. Nos. LV., LXXIX., LXXII., L.

[86:] Ermoldi Nigelli: Poema. V. Muratori: Script. Rer. Ital., Tom. II., Pars II.

[87:] Muratori: Ant. Ital. Diss, LXX., Vol. III., Parte II., p. 188.