Bona ablata, An Inventory of Property Stolen from George of Liechtenstein, Prince-Bishop of Trent (1390-1419)

Abstract

"Bona ablata, An Inventory of Property Stolen from George of Liechtenstein, Prince- Bishop of Trent (1390-1419)." Following a citizen uprising in 1407 against Prince-Bishop George of Liechtenstein, the count of Tirol, Frederick N of Habsburg, seized control of the principality and forced the prince bishop into exile. Comtal troops ransacked the episcopal residence, the Castello del Buonconsiglio, in Trent. An inventory of 1410 records some of the stolen property, including liturgical chalices and vestments, books and documents, and a silver table service. Though the inventory has been previously published, albeit most often in excerpt, it has not been studied in light of the culture, education, and patronage of the prince bishop. Its contents suggest that George of Liechtenstein was a wealthy cleric of some learning who sought to preserve a princely lifestyle of Bohemian and German court taste in a provincial town far from the refinement of the Viennese court.