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Definition of Podestas
1. podesta [n] - See also: podesta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Podestas
Literary usage of Podestas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1877)
"... however indignant these republics had been at Election of the intrusion of
podestas by the emperor, most of them henceforth elected chief magistrates ..."
2. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1878)
"... most of them Election of henceforth elected chief magistrates under podestas.
that title, who, in some cities, ..."
3. The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca) with Genoa by Bella Duffy (1892)
"... old council or senate, this being henceforward known as the Consiglio
Maggiore (Larger Council). It must not be imagined that the podestas, though 7° ..."
4. History of Rome, and of the Roman People, from Its Origin to the Invasion of by Victor Duruy (1883)
"corresponds closely to that of the Italian podestas of the Middle Ages in the
administration of justice. At both periods the cities sought for the ..."
5. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1906)
"... ROME RETAINS ITS AUTONOMY — FIRST ROMAN podestas IN THE CITIES OUTSIDE ROME.
From his throne Innocent III. cast a glance over the dominions he governed, ..."
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