Noveschi
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]
Proper noun
[edit]Noveschi
- (historical) The nine ruling councillors comprising the government of Siena during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
- 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 65:
- Standing there, you might feel you were before a just and more or less ideal government, which is what the noveschi thought they were.
- 2012, Konrad Eisenbichler, The Sword and the Pen:
- Laudemia may well have been part of a subtle maneuver on the part of the Noveschi to ingratiate the imperial family to their cause.