The power of suggestion: Coluccio Salutati

I know perfectly that much or every readers now is asked to him: “Who is Coluccio Salutati(1331-1406)?”, because he is absolutely unknown, and you have right, hence a short explication about this figure is necessary he has been a secretary of State in Florence from 1375 and great humanist, he is famous above all for his letters, and to find the letters to family of Cicerone(b.Ch.106-43); in his letter we find a example of how the suggestion could represent a condemn or absolution, because the text said: “My Major single(it is a honorific) name for motive of a homicide in Florence March 1381 made form the person of Guide from Arighetto I have heard and kept Simo of Simo from Stignano, that I consider my brother and it is for very heavy to my person I have received it, and for this same motive you have demand also Nello of John my brother in law, and it is occurred because it seems that they have accompanied who has committed this homicide, although in the truth never they were and nither they known, how I am certain the you are going to be become informed, and for I can respect their innocence , how I can I beg you that for love to me you want free called Simo and manage so that called Nello, neither for person and for propriety he is took away, that certainly so merits their innocence…”; it is an example of suggestion, that fortunately today there isn’t, but independently regard to homicide and guilt, I want alone consider the suggestion that an intellectual as Coluccio Salutati could give to the justice; we must also consider that more famous than Salutati, this Dante Alighieri(1265-1321), the most famous poetry in the Middle age, already famous in his time was banned form Florence because he was a Guelf, and Dante was ambassador of Florence to Rome and his fame has very greatest in confront to Salutati, but the times changed, Dante was died  and new intellectuals were emerged, as Salutati; beyond the rule of intellectual in this episode is certainly important but secondary, because the first motive for this liberation has been certainly the political rule of Salutati, he was Secretary of State of Florence, today we can say an very good reference; but the suggestion is important for the presence in this letter of personal sorrow; it is very frequent and it is motive to suggestion, it is as Salutati have written: “Free immediately these two men because not the intellectual Salutati toward you can you can blow raspberry, but the Coluccio Salutati the Secretary of State of Florence; hence an authority, therefore my reference is important”. It is alone my hypothesis, but it is credible because during the Middle age the intellectual were considered very much. If somebody is going to meet Guide from Arighetto or Simo of Simo from Stignano can ask if they were innocent or guilty; because we can condemn directly Salutati. Thank you. Any way the confirmation for this my opinion is other letter, in 2th April 1380, that Coluccio sent to his brother, Conrad, and he explained the solution. “Noble man Francis of James honorable from Valdinievole and my major brother. I dislike because I haven’t to nobody that has had the town that now you manage and it griefs for a new scandal, and never occurred so much accidents as now that are my duty the God is praised…I have heard the case occurred to the church of Saint Mary of Wood, between your knight and the notary of Buggiano(small town in province of Pistoia Italy), and twice made errors, and they were motive for the scandal, but when I was in that day in Buggiano, I have worked so that the families of knight and notary were agree…”; it is the signal of influence that Salutati could exerted, and the writing has had a mother Tuscany, and I can confirm that they are very clever to argue, hence see two Tuscany that are agree is a miracle, or it is possible because, in this case, Salutati has had influence. But when Salutati written to a noble lord, the diplomacy of 14^th century is normal, and it is proofs that the suggestion of Salutati can favorite somebody but it is specular, because he can also feel the suggestion; this letter is full of diplomatic formula and of respect, because it are rigorously and obliged, but the tone of letter is very low confidential, and it is logic, but the respect is very radical, because now Salutati is writing to a noble, hence as Salutati can be confidential and influent he is very compliant, starting from the language, this is the Latin: “Excellent  Lord Berthold of Orsini of Sorano my lord, worth your excellency, your servant of everything to your knowledge and the your blood with true charity, his letter to see, and of these manifestly I have perceived how hope from me   

 Alessandro Lusana