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Italian Renaissance timeline
c. 1300
The Italian communes employ powerful leaders, or
signori
, in a trend which leads away from oligarchy and towards princely rule
c. 1300
The bankers of northern Italy develop a method of accountancy - double-entry book-keeping - which will have lasting significance
1302
Dante, a member of the White faction in Florence, is sentenced to death by the Blacks - and never returns to his native city
c. 1305
Enrico degli Scrovegni employs Giotto to paint the cycle of frescoes in his chapel in Padua
c. 1307
Dante, in exile from Florence, begins work on
The Divine Comedy
- completing it just before his death, 14 years later
Dante, from fresco by Giotto
Mary Evans Picture Library
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1308
The cathedral authorities in Siena commission from Duccio the great altarpiece which becomes known as the Maestà
Duccio
Crucifixion
(detail)
Manchester City Museum and Art Gallery
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