A Banneret was the name of an officer or magistrate of Rome towards the close of the 14th century. The people of Rome, and throughout the territory of the church, during the disputes of the antipopes, had formed a kind of republican government; where the whole power was lodged in the hands of a magistrate called "Senator", and twelve heads of quarters called "Bannerets", by reason of the banners which each raised in his district.
By the end of the 14th century the "Conservators", had succeeded the "Bannerets", and were set in a fair way to become the effective representatives of the people.
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