Ordinances of Justice
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The Ordinances of Justice were a set of late 13th-century Florentine constitutional laws that restructured the republic’s government to empower guilds and commoners while curbing the influence of the nobility.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ordinances of Justice canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional law
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historical document ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Florentine guild members
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Florentine nobles ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
14th century Florence
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late 13th century ⓘ |
| country | Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effect |
consolidation of a guild-based republic
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exclusion of many nobles from public office ⓘ increased political power of major guilds ⓘ increased political power of minor guilds ⓘ |
| follows | Florentine communal statutes ⓘ |
| genre | statutory law collection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
oath requirements for officeholders
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penalties for acts of private violence ⓘ provisions defining magnates (nobles) as a legal category ⓘ provisions imposing political disabilities on magnates ⓘ requirements of guild membership for office ⓘ rules on eligibility for the office of gonfaloniere of justice ⓘ rules on selection of priors (members of the Signoria) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1293 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance political thought on republican government
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later Florentine statutes ⓘ |
| language |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus | statutory law ⓘ |
| location | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civic government
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constitutional reform ⓘ guilds ⓘ nobility ⓘ political rights ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to curb the political influence of the nobility
ⓘ
to empower guilds and commoners ⓘ to restructure the government of the Florentine Republic ⓘ to stabilize republican institutions ⓘ |
| regulates |
civic responsibilities of guild members
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eligibility for public office ⓘ participation in Florentine political institutions ⓘ penalties for noble violence ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Florentine constitutional crisis of the late 13th century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantImpact |
development of Florentine republicanism
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limitation of aristocratic power in Italian city-states ⓘ rise of a guild-based political elite in Florence ⓘ |
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