30 nov 1228 anni - Popular Forces Take over Government

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In November 1228, after the unfavorable outcome of a war against the neighboring city of Modena, the popular forces, with the merchants and bankers at their head, took posession of the Palazzo Comunale and forced the creation of a new Consiglio general which had a strong presence of members from the popular societies.

The Consiglio di credenza, an oligarchical component, assumed the name of Consiglio speciale and was convoked together with the Consiglio generale. The two united councils exercised normative power and the election of communal officials, legitimating the access of popolani to such offices. The curia continued to act alongside the podestà in the execution of governmental functions, but lost its charachter as a representative body of the oligarcy, since it now included popolani among its officials.

[Tamba. “Civic Institutions (12th-early 15th Centuries).” 214]

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