ECCLESIA SANCTE MARIE MONTIS VIRGINIS. LA CONGREGAZIONE VERGINIANA DALLE ORIGINI ALL'ETÀ SVEVA(1126-1250).

The work concerns the abbey of Montevergine (Mercogliano, Italy) and its congregation from the origins (1126 ca.) to 1250. The first section outlined the abbey’s growth and consolidation up to XVI century, focusing on the creation of an extended network of depending religious houses; the second one is about the community’s normative sources and its inner organization; in the third section the point at issue is the rise of the monastic lordship. An historiographic introduction and four appendixes integrate the text.