Venice and Milan also grew wealthy and powerful, playing large roles in Italian politics and attracting many artists and writers to their gilded streets. Venice was ruled by oligarchy in the hands of its Great Council of noble families, and Milan by a strong monarchy that produced a line of powerful dukes.
Meaning of Mathias. English name. In English, the name Mathias means-gift of god. Other origins for the name Mathias include-English, Welsh, Danish.The name Mathias is most often used as a boy name or male name.
urÂ·gent (Ã»râ²jÉnt) adj. 1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing. 2. Conveying a sense of pressing importance: an urgent message. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin urgÄns, urgent-, present participle of urgÄre, to urge.] urâ²gentÂ·ly adv. Synonyms: urgent, exigent, pressing, imperative These adjectives mean compelling immediate attention. Urgent often implies that a matter takes precedence over others: For I ride on an errand most urgent, and with the first light of morning we must go (J.R.R. Tolkien).