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Sacrum imperium: Lombard Influence and the 'Sacralization of the State' in the Mid-twelfth Century Holy Roman Empire (1125–1167).

Sacrum imperium (literally: holy empire) is a Latin phrase that entered the chancery of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (1152–1190) in 1157. Sacrum imperium developed into the name of the Empire only much later, but scholars interpreted it as a programmatic phrase that Frederick and his chan...

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Published in:German History Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 147 - 173
Main Author: Sulovsky, Vedran
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2021
Subjects:
Sacrum
Roman Empire, 30 B.C.-A.D. 476
Roman emperors
Courts & courtiers
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