Placitum of Riziano

The Placitum of Riziano (Italian: Placito del Risano) was a dispute that took place c. 804 around the river Riziano, probably at Rižana in modern Slovenia. Legates sent by Charlemagne heard complaints by the leaders of Istria about the bishops and the duke of Istria, John. It is an important document for Istrian history. The document is believed to have been recorded on the orders of Fortunatus II, patriarch of Grado.[1] A point of historiographical contention is the fact that only the leaders of the coastal towns of Istria were present; one explanation for this is that the issues being discussed (for example, the abolition of the right of the townspeople to fish) only affected the coast.[2]

Rizana assembly manuscript 804 p1

The Latin text has been edited many times, but the standard edition is by Manaresi.[3] The text has been translated into various modern languages.[4]

References
  1. Krahwinkler, Harald (25 April 2005). "Patriarch Fortunatus of Grado and the Placitum of Riziano". Acta Histriae. Annales Publishing House. 13 (1): 63–78. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. "Placito del Risano - 804 A.D." IstriaNet.org. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. I placiti del Regnum Italiae, ed. C. Manaresi (Rome, 1955), vol. I, no. 17, pp. 48-56
  4. French translation: Ph. Depreux, Les societes occidentales du milieu du VI a la fin du IX siecle (Rennes, 2002), pp. 293-99, online; English translation: C. West, 'In The Time of the Greeks', Turbulent Priests

Further reading
  • F. Borri, 'Neighbours and relatives: the plea of Rizana as a source for Northern Adriatic elites', Mediterranean Studies 17 (2008),1-26
  • T. S. Brown, Officers and Gentlemen and Officers: Imperial Administration and Aristocratic Power in Byzantine Italy, A.D.554-800 (London, 1984)
  • J. Davis, Charlemagne’s Practice of Empire (Cambridge, 2015), pp. 102–4, 274-7
  • M. Innes, ‘Framing the Carolingian Economy’, Journal of Agrarian Change 9 (2009), 42-58.


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