Henry II, a sincerely religious ruler, encourages…

1020 CE

Henry II, a sincerely religious ruler, encourages monastic reform, founding and richly endowing the bishopric of Bamberg in 1007 and personally appointing most of the German princes.

Pope Benedict VIII visits him in at Bamberg 1020 and consecrates his new cathedral here.

After settling some controversies with the bishops of Mainz and Würzburg, the pope persuades the emperor to return to Italy for a third (and final) campaign to counter the growing power of the Constantinople in the south, where the Lombard princes have made submission to the Greeks.

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Bamberg Bayern Germany View →

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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor View → Pope Benedict VIII View →

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Lombards (West Germanic tribe) View → Germans View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Salerno, Lombard Principality of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty View → German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire View → Italy, Catepanate of View → Capua, Lombard Principality of View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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