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Giovanni and Lusanna Gene Brucker’s book, Giovanni and Lusanna, illustrates who held the power in Renaissance Florence. The book follows Giovanni and Lusanna through the trial that tried to prove the validity of their marriage. This trial clearly demonstrates who the powerful were and how they abused their power. This paper will prove that in Renaissance Florence power was held exclusively by those of high status, the wealthy and the male gender. In Florence at the time of the Renaissance higher class citizens held power over the lower class. Giovanni’s procurators tried to argue that due to his high social rank he would have never married a lowly widow like Lusanna (26). The witnesses that Giovanni’s procurators called all testified that due to the differences of social status between Giovanni and Lusanna a marriage of the two would be unacceptable and therefore would have neve