The “Bologna” section of Archival city aims to raise the question of urban archives over the long term from one of the oldest and best-preserved urban archives in Europe and perhaps from the whole world, the evolution of which can be followed to the present day.
A first step of the research is an in-depth study the state of the archives of the city-commune at the end of the 13th century, as ancient inventories make possible. The work of identifying the items cited in the inventory among the surviving registers will lead to the first virtual reconstitution of a medieval archive and will provide an opportunity to examine the stakes of a work of this kind. In the continuation of the project, the virtual archive will be the basis for a series of research projects and datasets which will analyze the citizenship of Bologna, the urban spaces and the history of archives over a period of more than seven centuries
