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In this treatise, Bartolus of Sassoferrato explores the phenomenon of factionalism in the fourteenth-century Italian city republics. He gives an account of the local nomenclature of Guelfs and Ghibellines, relating these labels historically to the papal and imperial camps in the contested region of northern Italy. He explains that, nowadays, such labels have only local relevance, not ideological significance. He then analyses the legality of joining such parties, concluding that if the reason for doing so is to uphold the common good, it is lawful.

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In the thirteenth century, Florence emerged as the leading commercial and banking centr e of western Europe. The acquisition of Capraia on the Arno, and the seizure of Montemurlo by Florence's ally, Count Guido Guerra, provoked hostilities with Pistoia. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, Florence appears to have had only one merchant guild, the Arte della Calimala, made up of those who dealt in this commodity, though there were also some craft corporations. From being a small town, dominated by an exclusive, clannish and combative aristocracy, Florence was turning into a city, considerable numbers of whose inhabitants, represented in the artisan and merchant corporations, were gaining in wealth and aspiring to a share of political power. In 1273, during the pope's visit to Florence, peace was ceremonially made between the city's Guelfs and Ghibellines in accordance with this planned pacification.

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