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          Cola di Rienzo

          Medieval Italian populist politician (1313–1354)

          Nicola Gabrini[1] (1313 – 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo (Italian pronunciation:[ˈkɔːladiˈrjɛntso]) or Rienzi, was an Italian politician and leader, who styled himself as the "tribune of the Roman people".

          During his lifetime, he advocated for the unification of Italy.

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        4. An anonymous eye-witness biography of Cola di Rienzo, a romantic visionary who led a popular revolution against the rapacious and tyrannical barons of medieval.
        5. At Prague, a story in which he refers his own origin to a certain period of ten days when the Emperor Henry VIII.

          6. This led to Cola's re-emergence in the 19th century as an iconic figure among leaders of liberal nationalism, who adopted him as a precursor of the 19th-century Risorgimento.

          Biography

          Early life and career

          Nicola was born in Rome of humble origins.

          He claimed to be the natural child of Henry VII, the Holy Roman Emperor, but he was, in fact, born to a washer-woman and a tavern-keeper named Lorenzo Gabrini. Nicola's father's forename was shortened to Rienzo, and his name was shortened to Cola; hence, Cola di Rienzo, or Rienzi, by which he is generally known.[2]

          He spent his early years