Inventories of Movable Assets of Churches in the Late Middle Ages

Abstract

This essay describes and discusses the laws that required the compilation of inventories of ecclesiastical movable assets in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also illustrates how such inventories were drafted, where they can be found today (with examples from the Trentino-Tyrol area), and which objects were listed.

Keywords

• inventories
• Late Middle Ages
• liturgical objects
• Trentino-Tyrol area Trento