Salvestro de 'Medici

Salvestro di Alamanno de 'Medici (* 1331 ; † 1388 ) from the Medici family was elected Gonfaloniere in the city of Florence despite his intrigues after the war against the Pope 1375-1378, in which the old parties had been disempowered .

He proposed a law to abolish the ammozioni (warnings in the sense of denunciations with which the Guelph party under Piero degli Albizzi had led a reign of terror before the war), which was finally passed on June 18, 1378, but by the people as not has been discarded far enough. It came to the Ciompi uprising (the Ciompi were wool weavers), in the course of which the seat of government was stormed on July 21 and the constitution - probably with the support of Salvestro de 'Medici - was reformed. This, too, did not satisfy the woolen weavers and during the subsequent unrest several of the grandi became, including Piero degli Albizzi, executed on charges of conspiracy and exiled many others.

The revolt brought the city a previously unattained degree of democracy for a short time, but this was immediately abolished again by the conservative members of the city society after the large and small guilds had united to create a counter-movement, the Salvestro de 'Medici played an important role in restoring the old order.

In 1382 another turning point set in, Salvestro de 'Medici was overthrown and driven out. The old order was restored by the guilds.