Absolutism in Renaissance Milan [electronic resource] : plenitude of power under the Visconti and the Sforza, 1329-1535 / Jane Black.

Rulers of Milan, 1287-1535
Plenitude of power : absolutism in the Middle Ages
The early Visconti and the claim to plenitude of power
Giangaleazzo's investiture and its legacy
Lawyers and the absolute powers of the duke
Plenitude of power in practice : preserving justice while infringing rights
Lawyers and the repudiation of ducal absolutism
The surrender of absolute power in Milan
Appendix 1: Certa scientia, non obstante, motu proprio
Appendix 2: Plenitude of power and iura reservata.