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"Guelph or Ghibelline" refers to rivalrous factions in Italy circa 1100-1500. For more see Guelphs and Ghibellines. Adams may mean that there was a choice between allying with the imperial power or a morality, like the Papacy, since that was a dividing line of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. -- econterms (talk) 05:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)