ABSTRACT
Historically, the Geradadda was the scene of alliances and clashes between the various bishoprics,3 towns, and, eventually, the regional states. is gave it the characteristics of a border region even when it did not actually function as a boundary, a situation that was ably exploited by local communities who exacted
1 e term was used for the rst time in a political-administrative context in the thirteenth century. Villa 1996, 22-3; Origgi 1996, 29 note 3.
