Battle of Legnano
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The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day Lombardy, Italy. Alth
The defense of the Carroccio during the battle of Legnano (by Amos Cassioli, 1860)
Contemporary fresco depicting the Doctrine of the two swords, ca. 1130, Regensburg-Prüfening Klosterkirche St. Georg
Frederick Barbarossa from a relief of the Porta Romana in Milan, ca. 1171
Frederick Barbarossa kneeling before Henry the Lion at Chiavenna
Lombard League
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The Lombard League was an alliance of cities formed in 1167, and supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman emperors to establish direct royal administrative contro
A Bronze replica of the Peace of Constance in Konstanz. Illustrating the comunes of the Lombard League in 1183.
Medieval miniature depicting the Battle of Cortenuova (1237)
Medieval miniature depicting the Battle of Parma (1248)