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Alberto Scotti

d. 1318 · 14th century

Alberto Scotti was a Guelph nobleman and merchant who made himself lord of Piacenza in 1290. He was driven out and returned several times amid struggles with the Visconti and other Lombard lords, and his career illustrates the passage of Italian communes into signorie ruled by single families.

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Commune of Piacenza

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Alberto Scotti. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/alberto-scotti
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