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In the 880s, life in Salerno was difficult for the widow Wiletruda. I, Wiletruda, daughter of Winepert, widow of Maurus, son of Ermemarus, have declared that because we are surrounded by Saracens, and we think we will die from the dangers of hunger, and I have nothing of any aid by which to live, unless I want to sell my 1/8 portion of our things, which belongs to me, which Maurus, my husband, gave to me, in the day of our marriage, so that I may free myself of the hunger of necessity. . . . Thus for the above sale, presently I receive from you 6 solidi in denari from the Salernitan mint, at the rate of 12 denari per solidus; this is the final and total price. 1 She sold her Morgencap, the property that was exclusively hers from her marriage, to a priest, Angilpert. 2 Other similar stories attest the famine during the Saracen siege of the city in the 880s, when, it was claimed, the wife of the ruler paced the walls and abstained from food, and the people were hungry to the point of eating cats and mice. 3 It is relatively easy to see how Salerno would suffer when besieged, located between a mountain and the sea. There were urban gardens among the properties of the city,

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN