Try to Sort Out the Tangled Italian Political Situation of the Fourteenth

question 57

Essay

Try to sort out the tangled Italian political situation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.What factors led to increased tensions in the cities, and what was the result? What great families came to power in some of the cities, and how did foreign powers come to exercise such influence in Italy?

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