Baglions
The Baglions ( Italian Baglioni ) were an Italian noble family from Perugia , whose documented origins date back to the 13th century.
history
The baglions had a decisive influence on the history of Perugia in the 15th and up to about the middle of the 16th century, although they were only able to fully control the city at times.
In contrast to other Italian houses, the Signoria of the Baglions could never develop into a principality, rather it existed rather informally and was based on great family wealth and factual influence on the occupation of offices in the city.
Jacob Burckhardt counts the rule of the Baglions in Perugia among the most violent and bloodiest in Italy:
“Within the family, one was recognized as the general head, but there was deeply hidden hatred between the members of the various branches […] [A] l everything went into arms (around 1487) and all the houses of the great were full of bravi [hired murderers]; There were acts of violence every day [...] sometimes the Bravi of various houses fought battles in the open piazza [...] Plots and attacks are met with terrible vengeance. "
An important contemporary source on the Baglion rule in Perugia is the chronicle of the Italian humanist Francesco Maturanzio (also called Matarazzo).
Individual evidence
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^ Jacob Burckhart: The culture of the Renaissance in Italy. Athenaion, ISBN 3-88851-161-5 .
Lina Duff Gordon, Margaret Symonds: The Story of Perugia. Library of Alexandria, 2014, ISBN 146560023X . - ^ Jacob Burckhart: The culture of the Renaissance in Italy. Athenaion, ISBN 3-88851-161-5 , p. 28.