Gesta Florentinorum

The six years in which Florence was under the dominion of the Ghibellines (1260-–1266) are surprisingly devoid of written records. Later chroniclers paint a picture of a dispirited Florence whose 'Popolo' had lost all representation and freedom, but recent historiographical acquisitions (Diacciati, Canaccini) and a fresh look at some of the classics on Florentine municipal history (Davidsohn, Salvemini, Ottokar) seem to indicate that 'Popolo' were not in fact excluded from city governance at this time. Instead, it appears that the institutional configuration in place (the 'Anzianato'), linked to an intransigent opposition to the 'partes', was replaced by another (the 'Arti'), more inclined to dialogue with the city’s nobility.

Il ruolo dei notai alle origini della politica fiorentina e dei suoi miti. Si formula un'ipotesi sull'origine della simbologia floreale. Si parla di 'Gesta Florentinorum' di Sanzanome, della 'Chronica de origine civitatis' e del 'Liber de regimine civitatis' del fantomatico Giovanni da Viterbo. Riguardo a quest'ultimo si formula un'ipotesi sulla possibilità di un 'adattamento' fiorentino di un testo anteriore e circolante nell'ambito delle équipes podestarili.