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Diet of Besançon

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history of Germany

In Germany: Hohenstaufen cooperation and conflict with the papacy, 1152–1215
…in the so-called incident at Besançon, wherein Adrian declared that Frederick had received the empire as a beneficium, or fief, from the pope, provoking the emperor and his advisers. Adrian apologized for the use of the term, explaining it meant “favour,” but only after relations between the emperor and pope…
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policies of Frederick I Barbarossa

In Frederick I: Early years
…the Emperor at the imperial Diet of Besançon 1157. A letter from the Pope, which was translated in an inflammatory manner by the imperial chancellor Rainald of Dassel, caused a critical argument between the papal delegation and the German princes over whether or not the empire was dependent upon the…
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