In the Republic of Venice, a zonta was an extraordinary group of patricians chosen to serve alongside the elected members of the governing councils of the Republic. The purpose of this measure was as a constitutional safeguard against the accumulation of power by individuals, and to broaden the decision-making circles on important issues.
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| - In the Republic of Venice, a zonta was an extraordinary group of patricians chosen to serve alongside the elected members of the governing councils of the Republic. The purpose of this measure was as a constitutional safeguard against the accumulation of power by individuals, and to broaden the decision-making circles on important issues. (en)
- Nella Repubblica di Venezia era dato il nome di Zonta, cioè letteralmente di "aggiunta", alle commissioni di patrizi chiamate ad incrementare il numero degli originali sessanta membri di diritto del Senato. Dell'originario uso veneziano del termine rimane oggi l'odierno italiano giunta, passato con significato etimologicamente inalterato. (it)
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| - In the Republic of Venice, a zonta was an extraordinary group of patricians chosen to serve alongside the elected members of the governing councils of the Republic. The purpose of this measure was as a constitutional safeguard against the accumulation of power by individuals, and to broaden the decision-making circles on important issues. The term is the Venetian variant of aggiunta, 'addition'. The purpose of the institution was to prevent corruption and autocratic tendencies in the governing councils such as the powerful Council of Ten, but, since its members were typically chosen among patricians who had not been elected to one of these councils, it was also a "'constitutional shortcut' for those noblemen who wished to actively participate in the Venetian oligarchy but had not achieved the necessary backing". Zontas existed for the Council of Ten—originally 20 men, after 1529 reduced to 15, but the number could vary; the Venetian Senate, where a zonta of 60 adjuncts was added to the 60 regularly elected senators, nominated by senators whose terms were coming to a close; as well as extraordinary commissions of inquiry, such as the one convened to investigate the Faliero coup in 1355. (en)
- Nella Repubblica di Venezia era dato il nome di Zonta, cioè letteralmente di "aggiunta", alle commissioni di patrizi chiamate ad incrementare il numero degli originali sessanta membri di diritto del Senato. Queste Zonte, iniziate come pratica temporanea verso la fine del Duecento e rinnovate per decreto del Maggior Consiglio di anno in anno a partire dal 1279, crebbero sempre di più come consistenza, tanto che se nel 1373 i cosiddetti senatori de Zonta o pregadi de Zonta erano appena venti, nel 1413 essi erano saliti a quaranta e nel 1450, con sessanta membri, avevano di fatto raddoppiato il corpo stabile del Senato.La Zonta divenne infine ordinaria e perpetua con decreto del 29 settembre 1506. Dell'originario uso veneziano del termine rimane oggi l'odierno italiano giunta, passato con significato etimologicamente inalterato. (it)
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