page_title: Ciompi Revolt
section_title: Salvestro de' Medici
hierarchical_section_title: Ciompi Revolt / Key figures / Salvestro de' Medici
caption_attribution_description: English: The heraldic achievement of the House of de' Medici. [1]
context_page_description: The Revolt of the Ciompi was a rebellion among unrepresented labourers which occurred in Florence, Italy from 1378 to 1382. Those who revolted consisted of artisans, labourers, and craftsmen who did not belong to any guilds and were therefore unable to participate in the Florentine government. These labourers had grown increasingly resentful over the established patrician oligarchy. In addition, they were expected to pay heavy taxes which they could not afford, forcing some to abandon their homes. The resulting insurrection over such tensions led to the creation of a government composed of wool workers and other disenfranchised workers which lasted for three and a half years.
  The Ciompi revolt developed in three stages: reform in May and June, the violent 'revolution' of the revolt and fighting in mid-July, and the fall of the Ciompi government - 'the reaction', at the end of August 1378. These workers' underrepresentation led to their exploitation, low wages, and political impotence. In June 1378 the city's fourteen minor guilds demanded greater representation in civic office from elites – the Signoria.
context_section_description: As "a man of a noble house, great and rich", Salvestro de' Medici was a lesser known cousin to the famous House of Medici a banking family.  He was blamed for causing the rebellion by the Ciompi by his peers (such as Alamanno Acciaioli, who was part of the Signory that brought the papal war to an end). Salvestro made an error in his struggle against the Guelf party, thus spoiling his family image as well as others of similar rank, "subjecting them to the rashness of the excited multitude".
caption: The "augmented coat of arms of the Medici, Or, five balls in orle gules, in chief a larger one of the arms of France (viz. Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or) was granted by Louis XI in 1465.[14]
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