Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A magistrate: same as potestate.
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Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore; fecemi la divina podestate, la somma sapïenza e 'l primo amore.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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The development of the merchant and craft guilds led to vigorous class warfare as the rising bourgeoisie asserted itself and brought, in the podestate (the podestà), a kind of local dictator during the last quarter of the 12th century.
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fecemi la divina podestate, la somma sapïenza e 'l primo amore.
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fecemi la divina podestate, la somma sapïenza e 'l primo amore.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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