Ottonian Alliance with the Papacy

Name: Ottonian Alliance with the Papacy
Start: 901
End: 1000

Type Event Region Italy Time 901–1000

In the 10th century, the Ottonian dynasty and the Roman papacy formed an interdependent political-religious alliance that reshaped medieval Central E…

Timeline

962–963Rome · RomePope John XII crowned Otto I as emperor, and the two concluded an alliance: the emperor promised to protect the Church, and the pope granted the imperial title and sovereignty over Italy; the Ottonian privilege established the emperor's right to intervene in papal elections.
980–983Southern Italy · ItalyOtto II marched into Italy to campaign against Arab forces; though he suffered a setback in Calabria, the empire-papacy alliance continued to function after the military reverse through figures such as Pope John XIV, and the defense of southern Italy became a shared concern.
996–1002Rome · RomeOtto III and Pope Sylvester II promoted the ideal of a 'renewal of the Roman Empire,' attempting to rebuild in Rome an order uniting imperial capital and church authority, bringing the Ottonian-papal alliance to its ideological peak.

Sources

Liudprand of Cremona, Antapodosis — Liudprand of Cremona