International audienceLand Profit and Work in the florentine Countryside (11th-12th Century)In the florentine territory, like in another parts of Tuscany, the greatest lords – counts, bishops, abbots, members of the cathedral chapters and their vassals – were far from exercising an exclusive control of the land. Those magni had to divide land profit with an important population of small or medium owners. What were the differences between the landowners and those who were working the land ? Who did perceive the land profits? If we want to give an answer to those questions, we have to understand the complex social stratification of those villages. Petty knights or wealthy rustici ? The way we might describe the medium landowners can have a st...