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The Two First Centuries of Florentine History / The Republic and Parties at the Time of Dante. Fourth Impression.

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The work traces the emergence and early development of a medieval Italian city-state, analyzing how its republican institutions formed, why political factions and recurring upheavals arose, and how legal reforms reshaped civic life. It examines the constitution and successive transformations of government, the social and economic factors behind factional conflict, and the paradox of thriving commerce, industry, and the arts amid chronic instability. Drawing on lectures and documentary research, the study treats key measures such as the ordinances of justice and concludes with the phase marked by the exile of Dante and imperial intervention that closes the formative period.

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