INFERNO: GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES VIE FOR TUSCANY 1259-1261 Cyberpunk or ion blaster

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INFERNO: GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES VIE FOR TUSCANY 1259-1261 Cyberpunk or ion blasterTuscany, 1259. As wealth from crafts and foreign trade elevated northern Italys urban families above the landed lords, rivalries within and among their cities hardened into conflict between two great parties. The Ghibellines aligned with the Hohenstaufen emperors who ostensibly ruled Italy, while the Guelphs backed rival imperial claimants and the greatest challenger to the Emperors authority, the Pope. Should any faction gain advantage, others