It was organized at meetings in the Church of Santa Maria dei Battilani and included men like Bernardo Velluti and Alessandro di Niccolai.
It was organized at meetings in the Church of Santa Maria dei Battilani and included men like Bernardo Velluti and Alessandro di Niccolai. An attempt to rally the people of San Frediano with the cry "long live the guilds, and death to the tyrants!" failed as had the Committee of Eight Saints, leading to the rise of Giovanni de Medici. It installed Michele di Lando as gonfoloniere of justice, but his regime was short-lived as the major guilds reasserted their power and abolished the newly created wool-carders guild. FTP, name this 1378 uprising of the Florentine cloth workers.
It was organized at meetings in the Church of Santa Maria dei Battilani and included men like Bernardo Velluti and Alessandro di Niccolai.
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