THE RIVER
MEDIEVAL ANECDOTES
MEDIEVAL ANECDOTES
BY UMBERTO BATTINI
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The years between 1200 and 1300 in the Piacenza Middle Ages tell us almost in detail about the dispute over the rights of passage on the Po River between the nuns of Brescia and the Municipality of Piacenza.
More or less in front of the city - not as we understand it today - was the port, that is, a barge for docking ships sailing up or down the Po River, so there was also a bridge, obviously of attached and removable barges, and a ferry that served to pass from bank to bank just like the bridge.
More or less in front of the city - not as we understand it today - was the port, that is, a barge for docking ships sailing up or down the Po River, so there was also a bridge, obviously of attached and removable barges, and a ferry that served to pass from bank to bank just like the bridge.
These were the three services that were provided and which were at the ease of the nuns of Brescia who were happy with the full amount of everything that was paid by the people of Piacenza.
In turn, the delegates of the municipality of Piacenza always contracted these services for a fee.
Practically, as we say today, medicine is paid for by the patient, who in this case we see is the one who had to use this service on the river.
Practically, as we say today, medicine is paid for by the patient, who in this case we see is the one who had to use this service on the river.
BY UMBERTO BATTINI
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