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The Lombard League, on the other hand, decided to engage in battle with the imperial army as soon as possible to prevent the reunification of the Teutonic armies; [86] [81] this despite being still in reduced ranks (15,000 men [87]), given that he could not count on all the military forces specified in the various cities forming part of the ...
Flag of the Lombard League. Coat of arms of the Lombard League Member cities of the first and second Lombard League.. The Lombard League (Latin: Societas Lombardiae; Italian: Lega Lombarda) was an alliance of cities formed in 1167, [1] and supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman emperors to establish direct royal administrative control over the cities of ...
The Byzantine–Lombard wars were a protracted series of conflicts which occurred from AD 568 to 750 between the Byzantine Empire and a Germanic tribe known as the Lombards. The wars began primarily because of the imperialistic inclinations of the Lombard king Alboin , as he sought to take possession of Northern Italy . [ 1 ]
The defeat at Parma was a seemingly decisive defeat for Frederick, who had to abandon his efforts to conquer northern Italy in for the immediate future. The Second Lombard League recovered some territories, the whole Emilia and Romagna embraced the Guelph cause, while the Marquisate of Montferrat and the Republic of Genoa remained hostile to ...
Frederick suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Legnano near Milan, on 29 May 1176, where he was wounded and for some time was believed to be dead. [64] This battle marked the turning point in Frederick's claim to empire. [65] He had no choice other than to begin negotiations for peace with Alexander III and the Lombard League.
The Treaty or Peace of Venice, 1177, was a peace treaty between the papacy and its allies, the north Italian city-states of the Lombard League, and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. The Norman Kingdom of Sicily also took part in negotiations and the treaty thereby determined the political course of all Italy for the next several years.
The subsequent defeat on the Serchio banks of their commander Guidantonio da Montefeltro (2 December 1430), encouraged the Florentines to engage the aid of Venice once more and re-erect their lapsed League, with the favour of the new Pope, Eugene IV, a Venetian. Visconti replied by rehiring Piccinino and Sforza, who were again to face Carmagnola.
The defence of the Carroccio during the battle of Legnano (1176) by Amos Cassioli (1832–1891). The Company of Death (Compagnia della Morte [1] in Italian) is the name used in the historical literature of English language for two related chosen tactical corps, two selected bands of warriors, entrusted to guarantee the cohesiveness and efficiency in battle of both the Milanese and Lombard ...