pope and Philip VI. Whilst the French crown was the more active of the
two, there does seem to have been a slight but discernible shift, away
from‘restoration’, towards compensation for the losses and injuries that
the ex-signiorhad incurred. On 19 September, Philip wrote to Florence,
demanding that envoys should be sent with whom he could discuss
damages. Nevertheless, matters reached such a pass that the king granted
Walter permission to take reprisals against the Florentine mercantile
Figure 5.3 Andrea Orcagna,The Expulsion of the Duke of Athens, in the
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. The duke is pictured on the right, trampling
on symbols of justice and law, and grasping the allegorical‘monster’of
treason. Bridgeman Images.172 Hubris and Nemesis (c. 1311–1356)