External sacred authority legitimises hereditary dynasties after oligarchic rule.

Evidence

The “Signoria ” or council of notables became the effective power in the Italian city states in the fourteenth century, replacing the “communal” democracy of their earlier development and representing a transitional phase before the emergence, in most cases, of a single dominant family dynasty. Such dynasties were legitimised in the fifteenth century by Pope or Emperor, as the Principato or Princely regime. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2324

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the scaffolding-tools distinction between legitimation from above (Pope/Emperor) and organic consent from below, which later sections on hegemony develop. — connects to: Governing dynasties can contractually institutionalize a religious-ideological alliance for internal legitimacy. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 191; Medieval royal chronicles legitimized current rule by legitimately descended dynasties — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 967; Religion and social status can be sources of power rivaling property — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 846 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Governing dynasties can contractually institutionalize a religious-ideological alliance for internal legitimacy. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 191; Medieval royal chronicles legitimized current rule by legitimately descended dynasties — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 967; Religion and social status can be sources of power rivaling property — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 846 (+2 more)