Editing Statuto domestico Nostrini

{{Infobox event
| title = Statuto domestico Nostrini
| date = 12 May 1811
| location = [[Casa di San Michele]], [[Aversa]], [[Kingdom of Naples]]
| type = Household statute
| cause = Implementation of the [[Atto della Convocazione]]
| participants = [[Vittorio Nostrini]]<br>[[Saverio Nostrini]]<br>[[Carlo Bellandi]]<br>[[Benedetto Nostrini]]
| outcome = Written rules for Nostrini succession, branch authority, proxy signatures, marriage approval, and archive custody
| era = [[Pre-Vader Era]]
}}

'''Statuto domestico Nostrini''' (''Nostrini household statute'') was the written household statute approved after the [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]. It was copied and sealed on 12 May 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]] in [[Aversa]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. The statute set rules for succession, branch authority, marriage approval, proxy signatures, and archive custody inside the Nostrini family.<ref name="convocazione-decisions">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "The Statuto domestico Nostrini ('Nostrini household statute') was copied and sealed on 12 May 1811. It set written rules for succession, branch authority, marriage approval, proxy signatures, and archive custody."</ref>

The statute followed the [[Atto della Convocazione]], signed on 30 April 1811. That act recognized [[Vittorio Nostrini]] as capofamiglia, confirmed the authority of the main northern branch, and ordered the transfer of the central family archive from [[Calabria]].<ref name="atto-lead">''[[Atto della Convocazione]]'': "It was signed on 30 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]] in [[Aversa]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. The act recognized [[Vittorio Nostrini]] as capofamiglia of the Nostrini family, confirmed the authority of the main northern branch, and ordered the transfer of the central family archive from [[Calabria]]."</ref>

== Background ==
The Nostrini family was established in Calabria on 14 September 1761 by [[Lorenzo Nostrini]]. By the early nineteenth century, the family had branches in Calabria and in the area around Aversa and [[Naples]]. Legal reforms in the Kingdom of Naples in 1806 led the household to review estate papers, inheritance claims, and branch obligations.<ref name="convocazione-background">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "The Nostrini family was established in [[Calabria]] on 14 September 1761 by [[Lorenzo Nostrini]]"; "The legal position of southern Italian estates changed after the reforms in the [[Kingdom of Naples]] in 1806."</ref>

After [[Domenico Nostrini]] died on 18 November 1810, Vittorio Nostrini summoned the senior branch representatives to Aversa. The convocation opened at the Casa di San Michele on 23 April 1811 and ended with the signing of the Atto della Convocazione on 30 April 1811.<ref name="convocazione-proceedings">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "On 3 December 1810, Vittorio Nostrini issued the lettera di convocazione"; "The delegates arrived at Aversa on 21 April 1811. The convocation opened on 23 April 1811 at the Casa di San Michele"; "The final decisions were recorded in the Atto della Convocazione ('Act of the Convocation'), signed on 30 April 1811."</ref>

The final settlement recognized Vittorio Nostrini as capofamiglia while preserving authority for [[Saverio Nostrini]] over selected Calabrian properties. The statute turned that settlement into written household rules for later branch administration.<ref name="atto-terms">''[[Atto della Convocation]]'': "Saverio Nostrini remained capo del ramo calabrese and kept authority over selected southern properties under the settlement. The [[Statuto domestico Nostrini]] was copied and sealed on 12 May 1811 to set written rules for succession, branch authority, marriage approval, proxy signatures, and archive custody."</ref>

== Terms and use ==
The statute regulated the transfer of senior authority after the death of a capofamiglia. It required branch heads to recognize the signed succession act before claiming access to the central archive. The rule strengthened Vittorio Nostrini's position after 1811 and gave the northern household a written basis for archive custody.<ref name="vittorio-career">''[[Vittorio Nostrini]]'': "The Statuto domestico Nostrini was copied and sealed on 12 May 1811. Nostrini used it to regulate succession, branch authority, marriage approval, proxy signatures, and archive custody."</ref>

The statute also governed the use of proxy signatures. Senior relatives who could not attend a family sitting could be represented through written authority, but the proxy had to be accepted before the sitting opened. The rule reflected the procedure used during the 1811 convocation, where [[Alessandro Nostrini]] represented absent relatives through written authority.<ref name="convocazione-participants">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'', participants table: "[[Alessandro Nostrini]]"; "procuratore familiare"; "Represented absent relatives through written authority and supported Vittorio."</ref>

Marriage approval was included because dowry records and marriage contracts formed part of the inheritance dispute. [[Lucia Nostrini Bellandi]] produced the dowry and marriage-contract papers during the convocation, and [[Don Paolo Nostrini]] confirmed the marriage entries used in the settlement.<ref name="convocazione-sittings">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "Lucia Nostrini Bellandi produced the dowry records. Don Paolo Nostrini confirmed the marriage entries used in the inheritance settlement."</ref>

Archive custody became one of the main practical effects of the statute. The first transferred archive chests reached the Casa di San Michele on 7 September 1811, where [[Benedetto Nostrini]] catalogued them for the northern household.<ref name="casa-archive">''[[Casa di San Michele]]'': "The first transferred archive chests reached the Casa di San Michele on 7 September 1811, where Benedetto Nostrini catalogued them for the northern household."</ref>

== Later copies ==
Benedetto Nostrini supervised copies of the statute after he became ''archivista maggiore'' of the northern household on 6 January 1820. His archive work covered branch letters, succession papers, and statute copies used by Vittorio Nostrini.<ref name="benedetto-career">''[[Benedetto Nostrini]]'': "Nostrini was appointed archivista maggiore of the northern household on 6 January 1820. In that role, he supervised copies of the [[Statuto domestico Nostrini]], branch letters, and succession papers used by Vittorio Nostrini."</ref>

The statute remained tied to the family's move away from its older Calabrian centre. Between 1812 and 1819, the moving branches began using the surname Norte in northern records, while the older Nostrini name remained tied to the Calabrian origin of the family.<ref name="convocazione-aftermath">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "Between 1812 and 1819, the moving branches began using the surname Norte in northern records. The older Nostrini name remained tied to the Calabrian origin of the family."</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]
* [[Atto della Convocazione]]
* [[Memoria familiare della Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]
* [[Casa di San Michele]]
* [[Vittorio Nostrini]]
* [[Saverio Nostrini]]
* [[Benedetto Nostrini]]
* [[Carlo Bellandi]]
* [[Noord family]]
* [[Pre-Vader Era]]

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