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PIERO (1443—1496)
PIERO (1447-1496) , Florentine statesman and See also:

WARRIOR

warrior. He was at first intended for a business career, but Lorenzo de' See also:

Medici, appreciating his ability, sent him as See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to various courts, where he acquitted himself with distinction. On the See also:

DEATH

death of Lorenzo (1492), who was succeeded by his son, the weak and incapable Piero, Capponi became one of the leaders of the See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Medicean See also:

FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction which two years later expelled him from See also:

Florence. Capponi was then made See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic and conducted public affairs with See also:

GREAT

great skill, notably in the difficult negotiations with See also:

Charles VIII. of See also:

France, who had invaded See also:

Italy in 1494 and in whose See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp the exiled Medici had taken See also:

REFUGE

refuge. In See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November Charles, on his way to See also:

Naples, entered Florence with his See also:

army, and immediately began to behave as though he were the conqueror of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, because he had entered it See also:

LANCE

lance in See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest. The signory was anxious to be on See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good terms with him, but when he spoke in favour of the Medici their See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper changed at once, and the citizens were ordered to See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm and be prepared for all emergencies. Tumults See also:

broke out between See also:

French soldiers and Florentine citizens, barricades were erected and stones began to See also:

FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly from the windows. This alarmed Charles, who lowered his See also:

TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone and said nothing more about conquered cities or the Medici. The Florentines were willing to pay him a large sum of See also:

MONEY

money, but in settling the amount further disagreements arose. Charles, who was full of the Medici's promises, made exorbitant demands, and finally presented an See also:

ULTIMATUM (from Lat. ultimus, last)

ultimatum to the signory, who rejected it. " Then we shall See also:

sound our trumpets," said the See also:

king, to which Capponi replied "And we shall See also:

toll our bells," and tore up the ultimatum in the king's See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face. Charles, who did not relish the See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of See also:

house-to-house fighting, was forced to moderate his claims, and concluded a more equitable treaty with the republic.

On the 28th of November he departed, and Capponi was appointed to reform the See also:

government of Florence. But being more at See also:

home in the camp than in the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council chamber, he was glad of the opportunity of leading the armies of the republic against the See also:

PISAN, CHRISTINE DE (1364-c. 1430)

Pisan rebels. He proved a most capable See also:

general, but while besieging the See also:

castle of Soiana, he was killed on the 25th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1496. His death was greatly regretted, for the Florentines recognized in him their ablest statesman and warrior. See under See also:

SAVONA

SAVONA ROLA, FLORENCE, MEDICI, CHARLES VIII. The " Vita di Piero di Gino Capponi," by V. Acciaiuoli (published in the Archivio Storico Italiano, See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series 1, vol. iv. See also:

PART

part 2a, 1853), is the chief contemporary authority; see also P. See also:

VILLARI, PASQUALE (1827- )

Villari, See also:

SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO (1452-1498)

Savonarola, vol. i. (Florence, 1887), and Gino Capponi, Storia della Repubblica di Firenze, vol. ii. (Florence, 1895). (L.

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