Noveschi

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The Noveschi or the IX were a mercantile-banking oligarchy that ruled the Italian city-state of Siena from 1287 to 1355 AD. They oversaw the period of Siena's greatest stability and prosperity in the Medieval era. A significant contributor to the instability that felled their regime was the 1348 outbreak of the Black Death.[1]

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  1. ^ Bowsky, William M. (January 1964). "The Impact of the Black Death upon Sienese Government and Society". Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. 39 (1): 1–34. doi:10.2307/2850126. JSTOR 2850126. PMID 19588595. S2CID 264919339.