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CHAPTER XI

THE GUILDS AND THE SEIGNIORY IN FLORENCE (1350-1400 A.D.) 326

Social upheavals of the middle of the fourteenth century, 327. Macchiavelli’s account of the Ciompi insurrection, 331. The eight “saints of war,” 333. Mob violence, 336. Michele di Lando, 340. Momentary peace; renewed insurrections, 343.