signory
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Rinaldo’s proposal for a coup d’�tat met with no response from his own party, and he failed to prevent the election of a pro-Medici signory in 1434.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
With the four hundred that remained, I set out for Spain, by way of Genoa, where I had heard that there were two galleys of that signory bound for this country.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
On the archbishop's death his three nephews succeeded jointly to the signory.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
He removed the members of the signory and the colleagues and deposed the syndics of the trades.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
The signory meanwhile created a bal�a of 80 which repealed some of the laws promoted by the parte, and partly enfranchised the ammoniti.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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