enlist him as an ally. Desiderius already had alliances with Bavaria and Benevento through the marriages of his daughters to their dukes, and an alliance...
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The 730s decade ran from January 1, 730, to December 31, 739. King Liutprand contracts an alliance with Eutychius, exarch of Ravenna, and agrees to support...
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cathedral's floor. Liutprand was a very devout Christian and like many of the Lombard kings was zealous about collecting relics of saints. Liutprand paid a great...
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leader Pandulf Ironhead. Originally appointed by Otto I as Prince of Benevento and Capua in 961, Pandulf waged war against the Byzantines and expanded...
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mixed with pitch, resin, and plaster was to us undrinkable", complained Liutprand of Cremona, who was the ambassador sent to Constantinople in 968 by the...
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confirming Guy of Spoleto's election as King of Italy at the end of 888. Liutprand of Cremona: Legation to the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas (Historia...
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opposition on Italian soil, Pepin the Short, the old enemy of the usurpers of Liutprand's family, finally managed to overthrow the Merovingian dynasty in Gaul...
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Apulia. In southern Italy, Frederick attacked and razed St Angelo and Benevento. In the meantime the Ghibelline city of Ferrara had fallen, and Frederick...
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reinstated. These decisions made Henry unpopular among the Lombards, and Benevento, although a papal vassal, would not approve of him. The Italian circuit...
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II Phokas in 962. (CSHB 16-18, Runc. Vol I, pp. 32n, 347) Liutprand of Cremona. Liutprand of Cremona (921–972) was an Italian historian whose works Antapodosis...
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