Curia Generale della Marca d'Ancona
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
State Archives of Macerata
Name of institution (official language of the state)
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
Contact information: email
as-mc@beniculturali.it
Reference number
ASMc, Curia generale della Marca
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
General Curia of the March of Ancona
Title (official language of the state)
Curia Generale della Marca d'Ancona
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Curia generale della Marca d'Ancona
Date(s)
15th century/1808
Language(s)
ita
lat
Extent
4,335 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Satisfactory
Scope and content
The Curia Generale della Marca d'Ancona fonds is preserved in the State Archives of Macerata. Within this fonds, it is possible to find numerous documents relating to the Jewish communities established in the March of Ancona in the Early Modern era. For instance, Simonsohn (1988; 2000) and Mampieri (2020) have mentioned and published various documents included in this collection concerning the Jewish community of Civitanova Marche. This community was particularly affected by the intolerant policy implemented by Pope Paul IV (papacy: 1555-1559) and was eventually expelled from the March territories, following the edict promulgated by Pope Pius V (papacy: 1566-1572) in 1569.
Archival history
The archive of the Curia of the March of Ancona dates back to the 15th century. Yet, it has suffered much damage and dispersion over the centuries. It was deposited in the State Archives of Macerata in 1962 but, at present, it is only partially ordered. Its arrangement reflects the organisation of the office itself. The trial files series is ordered according to jurisdiction (civil, criminal, appeal) and to the origin of the parties involved. Other series are “citationes” (citations); “cautiones et fideiussiones” (warranties and safeguards); curial calendars, hearing informs; peace instruments; “libri mandatorum” (order books); “libri minutorum” (minute books); and varia. Of particular importance is the series containing the Curia's correspondence with the Sacra Consulta (Sacred Congregation of the Consulta), from the 17th century onwards. The Sacra Consulta was the Roman judicial court that presided over the government of all justice in the Papal State, during the Ancient Regime. The documentary material of the Sacra Consulta was almost completely lost and destroyed.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Curia of the March of Ancona was one of the oldest courts in the Papal State. It was a judicial body of rectors (local representatives of the central power) established by Pope Innocent III (papacy: 1198-1216) at the beginning of the 13th century. It was composed of seven judges, four of them based at the rector’s office and three settled in San Lorenzo in Campo (now the province of Pesaro-Urbino), Camerino, and in the territory of Ascoli Piceno, at the time owned by the Abbey of Farfa. These judges had jurisdiction in spiritual, civil, and criminal cases, and in those of appeal for the whole territory of the March. In the 15th century, the Curia's headquarters were established in Macerata, since the rector resided in that city and the main offices of the provincial administration were located there. The French occupation of the March led to the definitive suppression of the Curia. After the change of the administrative-territorial model during the papal Restoration, the March itself was replaced by new papal delegations.
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Finding aids
Unpublished finding aids available in the reading room:
Analytical index of the acts of the Chancellery of the Curia and of the registers of commercial companies and various.
List of some processes discussed before the rector of the March of Ancona.
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Andrea Cicerchia, 2021
Bibliography
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