Concio
Sign in to saveThe Concio (from the Latin contio, "assembly"), in the Republic of Venice, was the general assembly of freemen (citizens and patricians) from which the Doge was elected. It existed between the years 742 and 1423, although it was mostly ceremonial after the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio passed power into the hands of the aristocratic class.
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- The origin and the conquest of power for the election of the Doge
- The struggle for power
- The training of municipal institutions and the loss of power of Concio
- The abolition
- References
- See also
The Concio (from the Latin contio, "assembly"), in the Republic of Venice, was the general assembly of freemen (citizens and patricians) from which the Doge was elected. It existed between the years 742 and 1423, although it was mostly ceremonial after the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio passed power into the hands of the aristocratic class.
==History==
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