Water and the Law: Water Management in the Statutory Legislation of Later Communal Italy

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Title Page
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List of Figures
	Figure 1. Rome, Aqua Virgo pipeline, I c. b.C., refurbished during the Middle Ages. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 2. Rome, Aqua Virgo pipeline. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 3. Siena Fountain of Pescaia, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 4. Siena, Fonte Branda, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 5. L’Aquila, Fontana della Riviera, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 6. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 7. Massa Marittima (GR), Fonte dell’Abbondanza, 13th-14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 8. Massa Marittima (GR), Fonte dell’Abbondanza, Fertility Tree fresco
	Figure 9. Sassari, Fontana del Rosello, 17th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 10. San Gimigano (SI), Piazza della Cisterna, 13th-14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 11. San Gimignano (SI), Piazza della Cisterna. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 12. Pistoia, Piazza della Sala and Pozzo del Leoncino, 13th-16th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 13. Stroncone (TR), Fontana Vecchia, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 14. Stroncone (TR), Fontana delle Tre Tazze, 16th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 15. Fontecchio (AQ), 14th c. Fountain. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 16. San Gimignano (SI), Medieval ‘Fonti’, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 17. San Gimignano (SI), Medieval ‘Fonti’. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 18. Poggibonsi (SI) Fonte delle Fate. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 19. Volterra (PI), Fonti di Docciola, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 20. Volterra (PI), Fonte San Felice, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 21. Todi (PG), Fonte di Scannabecco, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 22. Gagliano Aterno (AQ), Fountain, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 23. Isernia, Fontana della Fraterna, 13th-20th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 24. Viterbo, Fontana Grande or ‘del Sepale’, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 25. Spoleto (PG) Ponte delle Torri, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 26. Spoleto (PG), Ponte delle Torri. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 27. Sulmona (AQ), Acquedotto Svevo, 13th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 28. Sulmona AQ), Fontana Del Vecchio, 15th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 29. Orvieto (TR), Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane, Pozzo di San Patrizio, 16th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 30. Verona, Ponte Scaligero or ‘di Castelvecchio’, 14c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 31. Bernardo Bellotto (1721-80), Verona, Ponte delle Navi, 14th-19th c., private collection. All right reserved.
	Figure 32. Bassano del Grappa (VI), Ponte Vecchio, 13th-16th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 33. Venezia, Ponte Chiodo. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 34. Pavia, Ponte Coperto, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 35. Pavia, Ponte Coperto, post-World War II reconstruction. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 36. Anonymous, 17th c., Alessandria, ‘Ponte Coperto’ over the Tanaro river (14th-15th c.), Alessandria, Sale d’Arte Comunali. All right reserved.
	Figure 37. Pesaro, Ponte di Fermignano, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 38. Firenze, Ponte Vecchio, 14th c. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 39. Firenze, Ponte Santa Trinita, 13th-16th c., before the 20th c. recontruction. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 40. Verona, Fontana ‘Madonna Verona’, 14th c., from reclaimed Roman materials. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 41. Ludovico degli Uberti (from), View of Florence known as ‘della Catena’, 15th c. Original in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett. All right reserved.
	Figure 42. Caspar van Wittel (1652-53-1736), Verona, View of the Adige near the Church of San Giorgio in Braida, Verona, Casa Museo Palazzo Maffei. All right reserved.
	Figure 43. Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-67), Firenze, View of the Arno from Porta San Niccolò, engraving. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 44. Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-67), Firenze, View of the Arno from Porta San Niccolò, detail. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 45. Firenze, ‘pescaia’ Santa Rosa. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 46. Philippe Galle (1537-1612), from Jan Van der Straet (1523-1605), ‘La pesca nell’Arno’, engraving. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
	Figure 47. Bernardo Bellotto (1721-80), Firenze, ‘Piazza delle Travi’, private collection. All right reserved.
	Figure 48. Approximate extent of flooded areas during the floods of medieval and modern Florence. ©2023 Francesco Salvestrini.
Introduction
I. Medieval Statutes and Water Management: The Italian Context
	1. Why statutes?
	2. What statutes can say about water management
	3. What statutes do not say about water management
	4. Typological and territorial delimitations
II. Verifying a Hypothesis
	1. Environmental structures
	2. A ‘frontier’ in the ecosystem and regulatory provisions
III. Legal Norms for Water Management: The Urban Context
	1. Water supply
	2. Towns and cities of the plains
	3. Hill towns
	4. Water magistrates
	5. A comparison of northern and central Italy
IV. Legal Norms for Water Management: Rural Areas
	1. From countryside to city and back
	2. Countryside water in service to the city
	3. Wetland management
V. Conflicts and Regulatory ‘Solutions’
	1. Distribution disputes
	2. Drainage and ducting problems
VI. Water Quality
	1. Water purity
	2. ‘Ordinary’ water
	3. Thermal waters
VII. Water-driven Machinery
	1. Grain mills and fulling mills: the economy and the law
	2. Machine typologies
VIII. Transportation of Merchandise and People. Timber Rafting
	1. Waterways
	2. Timber rafting
IX. Protection from Flooding and the Religious Dimension
	1. Prevention, perception, resilience
	2. The case of Florence
	3. ‘Ordeal’ and legislative metaphors of baptism
X. Concluding Remarks
List of statutes examined
	Northern Italy (north of the Tuscan-Emilian and Tuscany-Romagna Apennines)
	Central Italy (south of the Tuscan-Emilian and Tuscany-Romagna Apennines)
	Sardinia
	Sicily
	Dalmatian Coast
Bibliography
	Primary sources
	Secondary sources
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