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SODERINI, PIERO (1450-1513)

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SODERINI, PIERO (1450-1513)

SODERINI, See also:
PIERO (1443—1496)
PIERO (1450-1513) , Florentine statesman, was elected gonfalonier for See also:

LIFE

life in 1502 by the Florentines, who wished to give greater stability to their republican institutions, which had been restored after the See also:

EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of Piero de' See also:

Medici and the martyrdom of See also:

SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO (1452-1498)

Savonarola. His See also:

RULE

rule proved moderate and See also:

wise, although he had not the qualities of a See also:

GREAT

great states-See also:

man. He introduced a See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia in the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

FOREIGN

foreign mercenaries, and during his See also:

government the See also:

long See also:

war with See also:

Pisa was brought to a See also:

close with the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of that See also:

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

city by the Florentines in 1509. Grateful to See also:

France, who had assisted him, he always took the See also:

French See also:

side in See also:

ITALIAN

Italian politics. But in 1512 the Medici with the help of a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

army returned to See also:

Florence, deposed Soderini and drove him into See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile. He took See also:

REFUGE

refuge at See also:

Ragusa in See also:

DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia, where he remained until the See also:

election of See also:

Pope See also:

Leo X., who summoned him to See also:

Rome and conferred many favours on him. Soderini lived in Rome, working for the See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good of Florence, to which he was never allowed to return, until his See also:

DEATH

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