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Renaissance Italian History Terms

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Guelfs
supporters of the papacy
Ghibellines
supporters of the Holy Roman Emperor
Betrothal
more binding than modern engagements
Abandonment
Running Away or Moving to a New Place (more popular with humbler sort)
Annulment
declares marriage null and void, permission to remarry
Separation of Bed and Board
legalized separation but does not bring freedom to remarry
Concubinage
Live-in girlfriends of a lower social status, easily discarded
Magnati
Tuscan noble families, usually in countryside
Grandi
old mercantile families in the city of Florence, imitators of the magnates & their chivalric culture
Popolo Grasso
new mercantile families, anti-magnate
Cosimo de' Medici
in power 1434-1464
Piero de' Medici
in power 1464-9
Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico"
in power 1469-92
Banco di San Giorgio
founded 1408
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