15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?
Well spotted! This should have been added to the map. 
Quote:Berardo Maggi was both bishop and lord of Brescia (not very common, I think).
Pierfabio Panazza explains that the Church's influence was higher in Brescia than in other cities because of the central role it played in the city's growth from the 4th century onward. All urbanization and reurbanization happened away from the old core surrounding the Foro, instead developing around the cathedrals, churches and monasteries, both within and beyond the walls. The city thus became a vassal to the Bishop and the Monastero di Santa Giulia. 

Quote: I due interventi di maggior impatto urbanistico della prima età comunale hanno dunque come protagoniste le massime autorità civiche, che tuttavia sono sottoposte a vincoli di vassallaggio sia al vescovo, sia alle badesse di Santa Giulia. Tali rapporti di “sudditanza” costituiscono forse la premessa della scelta di edificare la sede delle magistrature civili non solo su un’area confinante con le due cattedrali, ma addirittura lungo il loro medesimo allineamento: non in antitesi al potere ecclesiastico, dunque, come accadrà in altri Comuni lombardi, ma in un rapporto di reciproca attenzione. L’edificio, ricordato in un documento del 1183 (laubia lignorum), sorge infatti poco più a nord della cattedrale di San Pietro, su un’area venduta nel 1187 dai canonici al Comune.

Berardo Maggi's rise to power was preceded by successive waves of monastic orders settling inside the new (1237-1254) city limits, which enhanced the church's role as service providers and political mediators. 

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Pierfabio Pierpiero Panazza - Brescia nel XII-XV secolo. La creazione della forma urbana e i grandi cantieri 
in La città del Leone: Brescia nell'età dei comuni e delle signorie  a cura di Matteo Ferrari. 
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RE: 15thc perception on swallowtail merlons? - by Pierre Dumont Himself - 05-08-2026, 03:18 PM
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