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Concordat of Benevento
1156, Sicily
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authority of William I
foreign policies of Frederick I
- In Frederick I: Early years
…the Pope to sign the Concordat of Benevento in 1156 by which Adrian gave William Sicily and the Norman principalities on the mainland as far north as Naples and Capua and granted him special rights for the Sicilian church. This new treaty was in violation of the Treaty of Constance.…
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negotiation by Alexander III
- In Alexander III: Life
…the drawing up of the Concordat of Benevento (1156) between the papacy and King William I of Sicily. He revealed his fear of the empire still further in the following year at Besançon (1157), where he referred to the empire as a “benefice” of the papacy. The term aroused a…
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