Duchy of Aosta
Duchy of Aosta | |||||||
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| 11th century–1766 | |||||||
 Coat of arms
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.jpg) Duchy of Aosta in 1749 | |||||||
| Status |
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| Capital | Aosta | ||||||
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| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||
| Duke of Aosta | |||||||
| History | |||||||
• Raised to duchy | 11th century | ||||||
• French made official language | 1561 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1766 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Aosta Valley | ||||||
The Duchy of Aosta, originally the County of Aosta,
The county of Aosta was originally ruled by the
Duke
The duchy of Aosta has always been a state, forming a single undivided body. The seventy-eight church-towers, or rather the cities, towns, parishes and separate communities which exist in the Valley, are members of this state.
Institution of knighthood
Reflecting trends often found in the Italian states as a whole, many Aostan
During the disappearance of feudalism, knights and other nobles "transformed into a class of courtiers and officials" for the duke.[8]
See also
- Diocese of Aosta
- Aosta Valley
References
- ^ a b International Society for Nobility and Heraldry (2021-11-19), The Count Of Donnas Dal Val D' Aosta, retrieved 2023-06-16
- ^ Rule (1883), p. 2–4.
- ^ Rule (1883), p. 3–4.
- ^ Rule (1883), p. 2.
- ^ Street (1998), p. 398.
- ^ Farrell-Vinay (2005), p. 253.
- ^ Kain & al. (1992), p. 364.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-226-43769-9.
Sources
- Farrell-Vinay, Giovanna (2005), "Welfare Provision in Piedmont", Health Care and Poor Relief in 18th- and 19th-century Southern Europe, Burlington: Ashgate, pp. 250–88.
- Kain, Roger J.P.; et al. (1992), The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State: A History of Property Mapping, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- ISBN 978-1-9741-1907-3
- Street, Jack D. (1998), "The Independence of Savoy and Autonomy of the Valle D'Aosta", The French Review, Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 396–404.
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