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Aistulf (749–756) followed Liutprand’s policies to their logical conclusion: he conquered Ravenna in 751, ending the exarchate; he ruled in Spoleto without a duke from 751 to 756; and in 752 he began to move on Rome, demanding tribute from the pope.
Mar 22, 2024 · Liutprand (died 744) was a Lombard king of Italy whose long and prosperous reign was a period of expansion and consolidation for the Lombards. From his position as a Lombard chief, Liutprand gained the throne in 712, when revolution ended a succession of weak kings.
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Liutprand was the king of the Lombards from 712 to 744 and is chiefly remembered for his multiple phases of law-giving, in fifteen separate sessions from 713 to 735 inclusive, and his long reign, which brought him into a series of conflicts, mostly successful, with most of Italy.
Jan 28, 2021 · The prologues to the laws of the early medieval Lombard king, Liutprand (king from 712, d. 744), each introduce new sets of legislation that were issued across the course of the first twenty-three years of his reign, in fifteen separate sessions dating from February 28, 713 to March 1, 735.
Jun 13, 2022 · King Liutprand’s dukes had to time their own independent actions cautiously and precisely, so that their machinations against institutions or nearby regions did not undermine their king’s obscured plans for the overall kingdom.
Apr 12, 2020 · By Andrea Maraschi. On the 4th of June, 968, Liutprand of Cremona made landfall at Constantinople as ambassador for the German emperor Otto I. His official mission: the arrangement of a nuptial alliance with the basileùs Nicephorus II Phocas.
Sep 2, 2021 · Unfortunately for young King Liutpert and his advisor, Ansprand, the war did not end with the duke’s death. Raginpert’s son, Aripert, rallied the rebel forces and resumed the war. Sadly, Aripert captured and executed the boy-king and forced the regency council to flee.
