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Ambrosian Republic

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Ambrosian Republic 

(Republica Ambrosiana), from Aug. 14, 1447, to Feb. 27, 1450, a republic in Milan named after the patron saint of Milan, St. Ambrose.

The Ambrosian Republic was established by the upper classes of the city after the death of the last representative of the Visconti dynasty during a hard war with Venice. Legislative power in the Ambrosian Republic was exercised by the Council of 900, and executive power by 24 “captains and defenders of freedom” elected from the city’s districts. The increase in taxes and the compulsory loan necessary to wage the war against Venice produced dissatisfaction among the masses with the policies of the nobles’ government. A new government was created in July 1449 as a result of a popular uprising. It began to confiscate the property and grain supplies of wealthy citizens. The siege of Milan by the troops of Francesco Sforza, the son-in-law of the last Milanese duke of the Visconti dynasty, brought about the fall of the Ambrosian Republic, after which Sforza had himself proclaimed duke of Milan.
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The Sforzas From 1447 when the Visconti dynasty died out, Milan enjoyed three years of autonomy, under the Ambrosian Republic.
The history of Milan by Richards, Catherine / Milan & the Italian Lakes Adventure Guide
A second group of 125 letters were written during the three years from the summer of 1446 to the autumn of 1449 when Barbara served a Luogotenente in Friuli and a savio grande during the crisis occasioned by the death of Filippo Maria Visconti, the creation of Ambrosian Republic, and the rise of Francesco Sforza to power.
La raccolta canonica delle "Epistole". (Reviews) by Kohl, Benjamin G. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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