The Council of Forty (Italian: Consiglio dei Quaranta), also known as the Quarantia, was one of the highest constitutional bodies of the Republic of Venice, with both legal and political functions as the supreme court. == Origins and evolution == By some estimates, the Quarantia was established in 1179 as part of the constitutional reforms that transformed the monarchy into a communal form.
The Council of Forty (Italian: Consiglio dei Quaranta), also known as the Quarantia, was one of the highest constitutional bodies of the Republic of Venice, with both legal and political functions as the supreme court. == Origins and evolution == By some estimates, the Quarantia was established in 1179 as part of the constitutional reforms that transformed the monarchy into a communal form.
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