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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE AGE OF THE DESPOTS. Salient Qualities of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in Italy— Relation of Italy to the Empire and to the Church—The Illegitimate Title of Italian Potentates—The Free Emergence of Personality—Frederick II. and the Influence of his Example— Ezzelino da Romano—Six Sorts of Italian Despots—Feudal Seigneurs—Vicars of the Empire—Captains of the People— Condottieri—Nephews and Sons of Popes—Eminent Burghers— Italian Incapacity for Self-Government in Commonwealths— Forcible Tenure of Power encouraged Personal Ability—The Condition of the Despot's Life—Instances of Domestic Crime in the Ruling Houses—Macaulay's Description of the Italian Tyrant —Savonarola's and Matteo Villani's Description of a Tyrant—The Absorption of Smaller by Greater Tyrannies in the Fourteenth Century—History of the Visconti—Francesco'' Sforza—The Part played in Italian Politics by Military Leaders—Mercenary Warfare—Alberico da Barbiano,

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Author

John Addington Symonds

Publisher

BiblioLife

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780554236018

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, History & Criticism, Humanities