Italian communes of the Lombard League

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The Italian communes of the Lombard League were a medieval alliance of northern Italian city-states that united to resist and ultimately negotiate autonomy from the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf confederation of city-states
medieval political alliance
military alliance
alliedWith Pope Alexander III
battleDate 1176 (Battle of Legnano)
linked to: Battle of Legnano
dissolvedIn 13th century
formedAround 1167
formedIn 12th century
governedBy communal institutions
granted recognition of communal autonomy
rights of self-government under imperial overlordship
hasLanguage Latin
hasMember Alessandria
Bergamo
Bologna
Brescia
Como
Cremona
Ferrara
Genoa
Lodi
Mantua
Milan
Modena
Novara
Padua
Parma
Piacenza
Reggio Emilia
Treviso
Vercelli
Verona
Vicenza
hasPoliticalSystem medieval commune
hasPurpose defense of communal autonomy
protection of municipal liberties
resistance to the Holy Roman Emperor
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
historicalRegion Lombardy
Po Valley
influenced development of Italian city-state autonomy
later communal leagues in medieval Italy
locatedIn Northern Italy
opposedTo Frederick I Barbarossa
Holy Roman Empire
participatedIn Battle of Legnano
partOf Lombard League
resultedIn Peace of Constance
treatyDate 1183 (Peace of Constance)
linked to: Peace of Constance
victoriousIn Battle of Legnano

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Peace of Constance signatory Italian communes of the Lombard League
Consular commune of Milan partOf Lombard communes
subject linked to: consular commune of Milan
linked to: Italian communes of the Lombard League