1289 The Battle of Campaldino

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Campaldino, Holy Roman Empire
Surname/tag: Italian History

The The Battle of Campaldino in 1289 was fought between Ghibellines and the Guelphs.^[1]

Campaldino is one of the important battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines - the major political factions in the city states of central and northern Italy. It heralded the rise of Florence to a dominant position over the area of Tuscany and was one of the last occassions when the Italian city militias contested a battle, with the 14th century seeing the rise of the condottiere in Italy's Wars.

Dante Alighieri, fought in his city’s militia cavalry in the battle and it affected him significantly.^[1]

Chief among the Ghibelline numbers was the bishop of Arezzo, Guglielmino degli Ubertini.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} DeVries, Kelly (2018) Would you like to see his head?”: The battlefield and the bishop from 13th century Italy, retrieved 2021-04-05.

• DeVries & Capponi (2018) Campaldino 1289: The battle that made Dante by Kelly DeVries (Author), Niccolò Capponi (Author), Graham Turner (Illustrator) ISBN: 9781472831279
• Summary of Villani, Giovanni (13th Century original source). Florentine Chronicle by Paul Halsall (Jan 1996).