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Guelphs and Ghibellines — • Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Guelphs and Ghibellines Guelphs and Ghib … Catholic encyclopedia
Guelphs and Ghibellines — The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy during the 12th and 13th centuries. The struggle for power between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire had… … Wikipedia
Guelphs and Ghibellines — Opposing factions in German and Italian politics during the Middle Ages. The terms Guelph (see Welf dynasty) and Ghibelline (from Waiblingen, the castle of the Welfs Hohenstaufen opponents) first acquired significance in Italy during the reign of … Universalium
GUELPHS — a political party in Italy, who from the 11th to the 14th centuries maintained, against the claims of the Emperors, the independence of Italy, and the supremacy of the Pope, in opposition to the GHIBELLINES (q.v.) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ugolino and Dante — Count Ugolino della Gherardesca was a person of a Ghibelline Pisan leader that Dante placed in the 9th circle of hell in Inferno because of his treason against his country. In the poem, Ugolino is found frozen in the ice of Antenora chewing on… … Wikipedia
Church and state in medieval Europe — The relationship between the Church and the feudal states during the medieval period went through a number of developments, roughly from the end of the Roman Empire through to the beginning of the Reformation. The events of the struggles for… … Wikipedia
Pistoia and Prato — • Diocese near Florence, Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pistoia and Prato Diocese of Pistoia and Prato † … Catholic encyclopedia
Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania — • Diocese; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, on the site of the ancient Tifernum Metaurense , a town of the Umbrian Senones, near the River Metaurus, believed to have been destroyed by the Goths Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Battle of Montaperti — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Montaperti partof=the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines date=September 4, 1260 place=outside Siena, present day Italy result=Decisive Ghibelline victory combatant1=Florence (Guelphs)… … Wikipedia
Ugolino della Gherardesca — Ugolino by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, 1861, Petit Palais. Count Ugolino della Gherardesca (c. 1220 – March 1289), count of Donoratico, was an Italian nobleman, politician and naval commander. He was frequently accused of treason and features… … Wikipedia
