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Peace of Constance (1183)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1183

In June 1183, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) and the Lombard League concluded a peace at Constance, formally recognizing the autonomy an…

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  1. 1183Constance · GermanyAfter decades of Italian campaigns, Frederick I and representatives of the Lombard League opened negotiations at Constance, using the previously formed Lombard Liberties as the textual basis to discuss core disputes over city autonomy, judicial rights, and taxation.
  2. 1183Constance · GermanyThe two sides formally signed the Peace of Constance: the emperor recognized the Lombard League's lawful existence, and the cities enjoyed broad autonomy in internal affairs; the Empire retained claims to certain high justice and feudal obligations but abandoned the goal of fully annexing the northern Italian communes by force.
  3. 1183–1186Lombardy · LombardyThe peace gave the northern Italian city communes a partial victory and allowed the Lombard League to consolidate; but disagreements between the Empire and the city-states over the interpretation of feudal obligations were not fundamentally resolved, and a few years later Frederick again campaigned in Italy, with imperial-Italian tensions quickly reigniting.

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