Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Patriarchate of Aquileia
drawn on the map 1260–1449
An ecclesiastical principality in Friuli (northeastern Italy) whose patriarchs ruled as temporal princes over a substantial feudal state from the 11th century, having received extensive regalian rights from the Holy Roman Emperors (notably 1077). The patriarchate held a distinctive parliament (the Parlamento della Patria del Friuli, one of Europe's early representative assemblies).
- Shown on the map
- 1260–1449
- Peak area
- 9k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
An ecclesiastical principality in Friuli (northeastern Italy) whose patriarchs ruled as temporal princes over a substantial feudal state from the 11th century, having received extensive regalian rights from the Holy Roman Emperors (notably 1077). The patriarchate held a distinctive parliament (the Parlamento della Patria del Friuli, one of Europe's early representative assemblies). Weakened by feudal conflict and by rivalry with Venice and the counts of Gorizia, the temporal principality was conquered by the Republic of Venice in 1420, though the patriarchs retained ecclesiastical dignity until the see was suppressed in 1751 and replaced by the archbishoprics of Udine and Gorizia.
Common questions
- What was the Patriarchate of Aquileia?
- An ecclesiastical principality in Friuli (northeastern Italy) whose patriarchs ruled as temporal princes over a substantial feudal state from the 11th century, having received extensive regalian rights from the Holy Roman Emperors (notably 1077). The patriarchate held a distinctive parliament (the Parlamento della Patria del Friuli, one of Europe's early representative assemblies).
- When is the Patriarchate of Aquileia shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Patriarchate of Aquileia 1260–1449. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Patriarchate of Aquileia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Patriarchate of Aquileia covered about 9,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Patriarchate of Aquileia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Aquileia
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