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Cola di Rienzoorig. Nicola di Lorenzo(born 1313, Rome—died Oct. 8, 1354, Rome) Italian revolutionary leader. The son of a tavern keeper, he became a minor Roman official. He plotted a revolution to restore the glory of ancient Rome, declared himself tribune in 1347, and began to rule Rome as a dictator. Cola made judicial and political reforms and prepared for the election of a Roman emperor of Italy. The nobles rose against him, however, and the pope declared him a heretic. He fled to the mountains, then traveled to Prague to ask Charles IV for help. He was arrested (1352) but was absolved of heresy by the Inquisition. Given the title of senator, he was sent back to Rome in 1354 to help restore papal authority there. He ruled arbitrarily and was soon killed by a mob. A novel of his life by Edward Bulwer-Lytton was made into an opera by Richard Wagner. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Jiri Kraus shows that humanist rhetoric reached Bohemia via the visits of Petrarch and Cola di Rienzi in the late fourteenth, and of Eneo Silvio Piccolomini in the fifteenth century. Jiri Kraus shows that humanist rhetoric reached Bohemia via the visits of Petrarch and Cola di Rienzi in the late fourteenth, and of Eneo Silvio Piccolomini in the fifteenth century. |
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