Florence Politics
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Florence
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The Signoria were administrators
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Scrutiny
- Major Guild = initial list
- List 2 = debt-less, not ill, present
- List 3 = name on bean
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Of 50 to 70 thousand people, over one thousand served in office at any particular time.
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The Organization
- 9 Priors = CEOs
- 12 Bunonmini (good men) = commerce
- 16 Gonfalonieri (Police - city section each)
- Balia = fading committee
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Council of the Commune & Council of the Popolo
6 month terms
Debated and made laws/policies
Recorded and shared by a Chancellor
Eventually the Chancellor's role grew to resemble a PM
Debated and made laws/policies
Recorded and shared by a Chancellor
Eventually the Chancellor's role grew to resemble a PM
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Pedesta
Police Chief
&
Army Commander
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Short terms
Power spread out
Commander not Florentine
Why?
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The Medici Family
- Giovanni de Bicci de Medici (1360 - 1429) - richest man in Florence
- Cosimo (1389-1464) - manipulated until ruler of Florence.
- Lorenzo - notable, spent large sums on public art, buildings
- Piero - his unpopularity led to republic forming in Florence
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Florence Rupublic
- Apocalyptic religious fervor
- Led by Dominican Friar - Girolamo Savonarola
- Railed against sin and excesses
- Charles VIII invasion seen as divine punishment.
- Trial by fire delayed by rain - next day populous turned on Savonarola
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