Visconti Expansion of Milan

Name: Visconti Expansion of Milan
Start: 1351
End: 1360

Type Event Region Europe Time 1351–1360

In the mid-14th century, the Visconti family consolidated rule over Lombardy in the post-Black Death power vacuum, expanding Milan into one of northe…

Timeline

1351–1353Milan · LombardyAfter the Black Death devastated northern Italian city-states, the Visconti family took advantage of weakened old nobility to consolidate regency and family alliances within Milan, laying the political foundation for external expansion.
1354–1360Lombardy · LombardyBrothers Bernabò and Galeazzo divided rule of Milan's territories, annexing neighboring city-states by force and diplomacy; Visconti influence rapidly spread across most of the Po Plain, forming the embryo of northern Italian hegemony.

Sources

The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 6: c.1300–c.1415 — Michael Jones (ed.) (2000)