Years 1240

12th century | 13th century | 14th century

Years 1220 | Years 1230 | Years 1240 | Years 1250 | Years 1260

1240 | 1241 | 1242 | 1243 | 1244 | 1245 | 1246 | 1247 | 1248 | 1249

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Events

Italy

  • In the cities, the popolo is a complex organization, having its militia ( militias ), its old, or prior and a captain of the people. The first known captain is named with Parma in 1244 and as of 1250 one finds of it trace with Florence and Plaisance.
  • the domination of the popolo serves the interests of the merchants, the bankers and part of the aristocracy, which after having used the rabble minuto to conclude the transformations of the capacity, returns it to its initial poverty or the absence of political representation. Follow of the disorders and violences in the popular communes, which as of the 14th century, incompetents to face their internal divisions, turn to modes of oligarchy and signorie.

Significant characters

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Simple: 1240s

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