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- Title
La raison immobilière Gérer un patrimoine immobilier ecclésiastique à la fin du Moyen Âge (XIVe -XVe siècle).
- Authors
TROADEC, Cécile
- Abstract
This contribution examines the real estate holdings of the Vatican’s Chapter of St. Peter in Rome during the 14th-15th centuries, based on the censuali preserved in the Vatican Apostolic Library. Through this collection of records, we gain insight into how one of Rome’s most powerful ecclesiastical owners managed a portfolio composed of over 300 houses and apartments in a city that underwent strong demographic and economic growth during this period. This analysis highlights the Chapter’s multifaceted approach to property management: if a slight portion of the houses constitute a “market outside the market”, run according to principles of charity or clientelism, regarding the rest of them the Chapter of St. Peter behaved like any other private actor in the Roman real estate market. Their aim to optimize rentability was visible in rising rents and the pursuit of speculative investments. Furthermore, this study sheds light on the mechanisms of price formation, in this case rent setting, which appear to result from interactions and negotiations between landlord and tenant.
- Subjects
REAL property; BIBLIOTECA apostolica vaticana; ECCLESIASTICAL law; CHARITABLE giving; INVESTMENTS; LANDLORD-tenant relations
- Publication
Varia História, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 80, p1
- ISSN
0104-8775
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-87752023000200007