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Council of Ten

Venetian political organization

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history of Venice

  • Italy
    In Italy: Venice in the 14th century

    …and the Senate stood the Council of Ten. In 1310 Baiamonte Tiepolo and other nobles had sought to seize power from the dominant faction in the Great Council. It was after the suppression of this conspiracy that the Great Council created the Council of Ten, armed with exceptional powers. At…

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  • Santa Maria della Salute
    In Venice: The patriciate

    …at sole personal rule, the Council of Ten was established (1310) to police the patrician order and defend the existing regime.

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