Note *11 — MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO CHAPTER I
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This may be, and indeed is so; but see Lanzani, St. d. Comuni Italiani dal. Orig. al 1313 (Milano, 1882), lib. I., passim. Nevertheless, the relation of all the Dukes and Signori to the Empire or to the Church was absolutely feudal as I understand the term, as in essence was, in turn, the relation of a city to its contado. Cf. D. Winspeare, St. d. Abusi Feudali (ed. 1883), to which is added as appendix an article by F. de Coulanges on the feudal régime. See also C. Cantù, St. d. Italiani (Torino, 1854), tom. III., cap. LXXIV., pp. 224-39. C. Calisse, St. d. Diretto Italiano (Firenze, 1891), vol. II., parte II. e III.