Note 413 — Chapter VII · 367 THE FAMILY AND THE STATE IN ITALIAN COMMUNES.368 (continued 2)
Linda Villari translation
The Mezzeria system obtains not only throughout Tuscany and Lucca, but over a considerable part of Romagna. But the terms and contracts most favourable to the peasantry are to be found near Florence and in the Pistoian district. Contracts implying a system of Mezzeria more or less rudimentary, and dating from about the close of the twelfth century, are still extant.