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Changes of Rule and Historical Writings. The Transition from the Commune to the Signoria in the Historiography of Northeastern Italy
Abstract Recent research has emphasised that the transition from the commune to the “signoria” happened in many different ways, as the contexts, situations and constellations and therefore the formation and consolidation of the lordships varied. Based on these findings, the article examines how contemporary chroniclers perceived and described the political changes in Northeast Italy in the 13th and early 14th centuries. Three historiographical reports on Ezzelino III da Romano, who succeeded in establishing multi-city domination in the 1230s, show the various ways in which a change of rulership could be considered and evaluated. In the second half of the 13th century, the Della Scala and the Bonacolsi established themselves almost simultaneously in ‘soft’ processes in Verona and Mantua. By contrast, a political break can be observed in Vicenza and Padua: Vicenza went from one foreign rule to the next within fifty years, whereas in Padua the accession of the Da Carrara took place only later, and was a contested procedure. The article discusses the extent to which these processes of political change were perceived in historiography as caesuras, transformations or continuities.
