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ALBERTO I 135
On the whole, the history of Verona under Alberto was
tranquil, not to say monotonous, the little state developing its
constitution and material resources undisturbed by any stirring
events or sudden shocks, either from without or within. The
year 1299, however, was memorable for three striking episodes,
the formal condemnation of Alberto to death by the
Paduans, a widespread rebellion amongst the Veronese, and a
revolution at Mantua, which was to a great extent engineered
by the Scaligeri. The first of these is an almost unprecedented
occurrence, and the chronicle which records it offers no explanation,
merely stating that Alberto was condemned to death at the
request of Tiso da Camposampiero,l nor does it appear that
the Paduans ever attempted to carry out the sentence. There
is some reason to think, however, that the Paduans again suspected
Alberto of intriguing to oust them from Vicenza, for
during the Carnival of 1299 he had sent some fine war-horses
as a gift to Nicolo da Lozzo, who was then Podesta of Vicenza.
The family of the da Lozzo belonged to the Paduan district
nobility, over whom the Commune had always found great
difficulty in vindicating its supremacy, and henceforth the
Paduan authorities kept a watchful eye on Nicolo. But it was
not till many years later, when the struggle between Cangrande
and Padua was at its height, that Nicolo, after long intriguing
with the enemy, at last threw off all disguise, and declared himself
on the side of Verona.
The rebellion of 1299 was not the first which had occurred
in Alberto's reign. In 1286 and again in 1295, plots had been
discovered to slay him, but they had been easily crushed. The
second of these was a dynastic quarrel, being an attempt on the
part of Nicolo della Scala, Mastino's son, to make himself lord
of Verona, but he and his followers were at once driven out,
and nothing more came of the matter, for Nicolo had no powerful
friends either in the city or without, and in the following year
he died. The rising of 1299, however, was much more serious.
Its aim was to overthrow the Scaligeri dynasty, and drive the
whole Ghibelline party out of Verona. It was engineered
1 Additamenta ad Chronicon Rolandini, Codex Zabarellius, R. I. S., vol. viii.
p. 426.
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