The Ordinances of Justice were a series of statutory laws enacted in Florence

Florence

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, Italy

Italy

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 between the years 1293 and 1295. These laws were directed against, and identified by name particularly influential (i.e. aristocratic

Aristocracy (class)

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) families and Ghibelline sympathizers. Those identified were supposed to possess a bellicose and ungovernable nature. Primarily these people were barred from holding office and, if they committed certain crimes their punishment could be doubled. In later years the severity of these laws were somewhat mitigated but they stayed in force. These ordinance

Local ordinance

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s ensured that the guilds of Florence retained control of the city.