Editing Ciompi Revolt (section)

===Impacts on 15th-century Florence===

After the Ciompi Uprising, the restored Florentine government did attempt to alleviate the plight of Ciompi artisans, such as a reform to lessen the burden of taxation.<ref name=plebian />{{rp|742}} Yet, the rebellion left a permanent scar in the Florentine elites' mind (both the new and the old nobility) and created their everlasting fear and hatred toward the Ciompi. This scar built a tension between the new nobility and the lower labouring class greater than that prior to the uprising,<ref name=plebian />{{rp|737}} as the elites constantly feared the rabble's secret plots. The elites thus began to favour a more authoritative government, which may be more centralized and stronger in crushing a revolt. This eventually gave rise to the Medici family, the most powerful banking family of Florence, whose power outweighed [[Salvestro de' Medici]]'s bad reputation, and became the de facto ruler of Florence in the 15th century, drastically changing the character of the Florentine communal government.<ref name=bruni>Ianziti, Gary. "Leonardo Bruni, the Medici, and Florentine Histories." ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 69.1 (2008): 1–22: 13.</ref>