Abstract
On April 9, 1454, in Lodi, the new Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, signed the peace which ended two years of war with the Venetian Republic. After less than one year of negotiation, the peace signed at Lodi had become a general treaty between almost every power and state in Italy, intended to last for twenty‐five years. The two events were deeply linked: for the first time in ages, their unfolding gave to the peninsula a juridical framework to control clashing ambitions, and a negotiating network to keep conflicts at bay. Orchestrated by a cluster of princes and powers in need of peace and legitimation, the Italian League is famously at the origin of the Western grand narrative of the balance of power and the birth of permanent resident embassies, and has represented a turning point in Italian history, and in the history of diplomacy.
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