In the italian city-states, each area had its own type of rule; noble families ruled florence, the pope ran rome, and a doge governed venice. this method of ruling is known as

The answer is: Seigniory

In seignory, the territories within the country is held by several people that had the title as lords. The lords technically still placed below the emperor of the nations, but These lords had the power to call all the shots that would influence all legislation made within their city-states territories.

i have to go with a for this one