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- ↑ S. K. Cohn, Popular Protest in Late Medieval Europe (Manchester, 2004), pp. 202-3
- ↑ L. Bruni History of the Florentine people, J. Hankins & D. J. W. Bradley (trans & eds), (USA, 2007), p. 11
- ↑ L. Bruni History of the Florentine people, J. Hankins & D. J. W. Bradley (trans & eds), (USA, 2007), pp. 11, 13, 15
- ↑ S. K. Cohn, Popular Protest in Late Medieval Europe (Manchester, 2004), p. 203
- ↑ L. Bruni History of the Florentine people, J. Hankins & D. J. W. Bradley (trans & eds), (USA, 2007), p. 15
- ↑ S. K. Cohn, Popular Protest in Late Medieval Europe (Manchester, 2004), p. 203