consular commune of Milan
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The consular commune of Milan was a medieval self-governing municipal institution in Milan, led by elected consuls and representing an early form of urban republican government before the rise of lordship rule.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Consular commune of Milan | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval commune
ⓘ
self-governing municipal institution ⓘ urban republic ⓘ |
| basedOn |
communal autonomy
ⓘ
urban citizenship ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local feudal nobility ⓘ |
| country | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedFrom |
growth of urban elites
ⓘ
weakening of episcopal authority ⓘ |
| executiveBody | college of consuls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exercisedPowers |
diplomacy with other communes
ⓘ
military organization of the militia ⓘ taxation ⓘ urban jurisdiction ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Lordship of Milan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Signoria of the Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
communal republic
ⓘ
consular government ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentTitle | consul ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early form of urban republican government in Italy
ⓘ
model for other Lombard communes ⓘ |
| influenced | later civic institutions in Milan ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman municipal traditions ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| legalBasis | communal statutes ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | communal council ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lombard League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
collective leadership by multiple consuls
ⓘ
limited participation of broader citizen body ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lombard communes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communal movement in northern Italy ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | oligarchic republic ⓘ |
| politicalTradition | Italian communal republicanism ⓘ |
| powerStructure | shared among leading families ⓘ |
| precededBy | episcopal lordship of Milan ⓘ |
| regionType | northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election of consuls ⓘ |
| timePeriod | high Middle Ages ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | signorial regime ⓘ |
| urbanType | city-state ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.