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Finding Aid for the Orsini Family Papers, ca. 1150-1950 (bulk 1500-1900)

Descriptive Summary

Title:
Orsini Family Papers ca. 1150-1950 (bulk 1500-1900)

Collection number:
902

Creator:
Orsini family.

Extent:
560 boxes (280 linear ft.)
12 oversize boxes.
132 images of maps, plans, and other documents

Abstract:
The Orsini are one of most important families in Italian history. At the height of their influence, in the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, the Orsini were crucial players in Italian politics; they were closely allied to the Medici, with whom they were tied by several high-level marriages. The family produced three popes, about thirty cardinals and 62 senators of Rome, as well as several electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, and grand masters of the Knights of Malta. They were related to a number of royal houses of Europe. The papers consist mainly of material relating to the administration of property (including records of sales, leases, mortgages, loans, proxies, accounting, inventories and plans) and the administration of the family (including dowries and marriage contracts, donations, divisions of property, wills and fideicommissums). There is also a substantial amount of legal material, mostly produced by the many law-suits in which the family was involved, and correspondence, largely dating from the 18th century. Access to selected digital images of plans, maps and other materials in the Orsini Family papers is available on the UCLA Digital Library webpage .

Estratto:
Gli Orsini sono una delle famiglie più importanti della storia italiana. All'apice della loro influenza, nel tardo Medioevo e nel Rinascimento, gli Orsini furono attori cruciali nella politica italiana; erano stretti alleati dei Medici, a cui erano legati da vari matrimoni ad alto livello. La famiglia generò tre papi, circa trenta cardinali, sessantadue senatori di Roma nonchè vari elettori di Sassonia e Brandemburgo e gran maestri dell'Ordine dei Cavalieri di Malta. La famiglia aveva legami di parentela con varie case reali d'Europa. Le carte consistono in gran parte di materiale relativo all'amministrazione di proprietà (vendite di proprieta, affitti, mutui, prestiti, procure, contabilità, inventari e piante, ecc.), e all'amministrazione della famiglia (doti, contratti di matrimonio, divisioni e donazioni, testamenti e fidecommessi, ecc.). Vi è anche una quantità sostanziale di materiale legale, prodotto principalmente dalle molte cause nelle quali la famiglia fu coinvolta, e corrispondenza, soprattutto del settecento. È possibile accedere ad una selezione di immagini digitali delle piante, mappe ed altro materiale delle carte Orsini al sito della UCLA Digital Library .

Language:
Finding aid written in Italian
and English.

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Selected digitized images from this collection.

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