Archivio notarile mandamentale di Civitanova Marche

Item

Country

IT

Name of institution (English)

State Archive of Macerata

Name of institution (official language of the state)

Archivio di Stato di Macerata

Language of name of institution

ita

Contact information: postal address

Corso Cairoli 175, 62100 Macerata

Contact information: phone number

0039 0733 236521

Contact information: web address

https://www.archiviodistatomacerata.beniculturali.it

Contact information: email

as-mc@beniculturali.it

Reference number

ASMc, Notarile di Civitanova Marche

Type of reference number

Archival reference number

Title (English)

Notarial District Archive of Civitanova Marche

Title (official language of the state)

Archivio notarile mandamentale di Civitanova Marche

Language of title

ita

Creator / accumulator

Notai del mandamento di Civitanova Marche e Montecosaro

Date(s)

1445/19th century

Language(s)

lat

ita

Extent

1,368 storage units

Type of material

Textual Material

Physical condition

Satisfactory

Scope and content

The Archivio notarile mandamentale di Civitanova Marche fonds belongs to the vast collection of notarial archives preserved in the State Archives of Macerata. This fonds in particular contains acts written by practising notaries in Civitanova Marche, Montecosaro e Morrovalle, from the 15th to the 19th century.
Among these documents, there are numerous acts relating to Jews living in these territories, especially during the 16th century, when the Holy See granted the Jews the right to carry out lending activities. Their presence was severely opposed by Pope Paul IV, in particular, who promoted a campaign of intolerance against the Ponentine and Levantine Jews in the Marche. Numerous documents have been published by Simonsohn (1991) and more recently by Mampieri (2020).

Archival history

The notarial records of the Civitanova Marche district are composed of two sub-series: Protocolli (Protocols, 1445-1873) and Esibite, apoche, registri e varie (Exhibited documents, payment receipts, registers and varia, from 16th to 19th centuries). To these, another series of acts written by the notaries of Montecosaro (1480-1935) was added.
During the Napoleonic period, the Archivio notarile di Macerata (Notarial Archives of Macerata) became the general notarial archives of the Musone department, receiving all the other notarial archives of the department. With the Restoration, the materials returned to their respective places of origin but, in 1822, the Archivio notarile di Macerata was qualified as a “central” archive and received documents from smaller towns in the area, including Civitanova Marche.
In 1939, the notarial archives were deposited in the current State Archive of Macerata, where they were organised in autonomous fonds, within the vast section of the Notai (notary archives).

(source: Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato - Archivio di Stato di Macerata)

Administrative / Biographical history

The beginnings of the practice of the notary in the city of Civitanova Marche date back approximately to the 14th century, as occurred in other locations of the Marche region. The notary was then progressively organised during the 15th century.
The notary practice was often associated with the presence of a small Jewish community dedicated to trade and lending activities. The first indication of Jewish presence in Civitanova Marche in notarial records dates back to the beginning of the 15th century and reports the contribution given by Jews to the soldiers of the Rodolfo da Varano. Even in the 16th century, the Jews of Civitanova Marche had to pay annual taxes to the Duke of Camerino. The Holy See had allowed the Jews to develop lending activities both in Civitanova Marche and neighbouring towns. Records also testify to the presence of Jews in the locality of Montecosaro, where some Jewish lenders were active in 1528. The communities of these places suffered the restrictions and threats of Pope Paul IV and declined following the edict of expulsion in 1569.

Sources:

"Archivi notarili nelle Marche (secoli XIII-XIX)" In: Falcioni, Anna, and Gilberto Piccinini, eds. 2019. Notariorum itinera: notai marchigiani del basso Medioevo tra routine, mobilità, specializzazioni: appendice Archivi notarili nelle Marche (secoli XIII-XIX). Studi e testi / Deputazione di storia patria per le Marche 42. Ancona: Deputazione di storia patria per le Marche.

Mampieri, Martina, and Benjamin Nehemiah ben Elnathan. 2020. Living under the Evil Pope: The Hebrew Chronicle of Pope Paul IV by Benjamin Neḥemiah Ben Elnathan from Civitanova Marche (16th Cent.). Leiden; Boston: Brill.

Access points: locations

Civitanova Marche (Italy)

Montecosaro (Italy)

Morrovalle (Italy)

Access points: subject terms

Italian Jewish communities

Banking

Trade and commerce

16th century

Access points: document types

Notarial records

Finding aids

Lists of notaries available in the Study Room.

Links to finding aids

Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato - Archivio di Stato di Macerata

Sistema Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani - Archivio di Stato di Macerata

Author of the description

Andrea Cicerchia, 2021

Bibliography

Mampieri, Martina. 2018. “Sara, Smeralda, Stella e Le Altre : Note Di Ricerca Sulla Presenza Ebraica Femminile a Civitanova Marche Negli Anni Centrali Del Cinquecento.” Proposte e Ricerche : Economia e Società Nella Storia Dell’Italia Centrale : 80, 1, 2018, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.48219/PR_0392179480_007.

Published primary sources

Mampieri, Martina, and Benjamin Nehemiah ben Elnathan. 2020. Living under the Evil Pope: The Hebrew Chronicle of Pope Paul IV by Benjamin Neḥemiah Ben Elnathan from Civitanova Marche (16th Cent.). Leiden; Boston: Brill.

Simonsohn, Shlomo. 1988. The Apostolic See and the Jews. Studies and texts 94, 95, 99, 104–106, 109–110. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

Simonsohn, Shlomo. 2000. The Apostolic See and the Jews - Documents 1464-1521. Toronto: Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies.

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