Peace of Constance

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The Peace of Constance was a 1183 agreement that ended the conflict between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League by recognizing the autonomy of the Italian communes while preserving imperial overlordship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
medieval peace treaty
allowed Italian communes to elect their own consuls
Italian communes to enact local legislation
alsoKnownAs Peace of Constance
surface form: Concordat of Constance
appliedTo northern Italian communes
category 1180s treaties
History of Lombardy
Peace treaties of the Holy Roman Empire
conflictEnded Italian campaigns of Frederick I Barbarossa
surface form: War between Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League
countryAtTime Holy Roman Empire
dateSigned 1183-06-25
effect confirmation of de facto independence of many Italian communes
stabilization of relations between emperor and Italian communes
followedBy later imperial–communal agreements in Italy
follows Battle of Legnano
Peace of Venice
surface form: Treaty of Venice (1177)
geographicContext Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy
granted communal liberties to Lombard cities
hasTopic imperial–communal relations in Italy
medieval constitutional arrangements
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
jurisdiction Lombard cities of northern Italy
language Latin
legalNature imperial charter of privileges to communes
maintained imperial overlordship of the Holy Roman Emperor
partOf conflict between Holy Roman Empire and northern Italian communes
placeSigned Constance
precededBy Peace of Venice
surface form: Treaty of Venice (1177)
recognized autonomy of the Italian communes
relatedTo Frederick I Barbarossa
Holy Roman Empire
Italian city-states
Lombard League
required formal recognition of imperial sovereignty
payment of imperial taxes by the communes
signatory Frederick I Barbarossa
Italian communes of the Lombard League
Lombard League
signedBy envoys of Frederick I Barbarossa
representatives of the Lombard League
signedUnder reign of Frederick I Barbarossa
year 1183

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Frederick I Barbarossa treaty Peace of Constance
Lombard League signedTreaty Peace of Constance
Lombard League recognizedBy Peace of Constance
Barbarossa signedTreaty Peace of Constance
Battle of Legnano followedBy Peace of Constance
Battle of Legnano influenced Peace of Constance
this entity surface form: Peace of Constance of 1183
Peace of Constance alsoKnownAs Peace of Constance
this entity surface form: Concordat of Constance