Individuals

Alternate Names: Calimala member, specifically concerned with sale of wool cloth

title for those having degree of "dottore di legge"

Alternate Names: Messer

One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.

Online Tratte Code: 22

Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.

Online Tratte Code: 6

One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.

Online Tratte Code: 22

One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.

Online Tratte Code: 22

A diplomatic agent formally appointed and sent on a mission to represent a government or other authority in dealings with another power.

Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence.

Online Tratte Code: 8