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Siege of Crema, the Glossary

The siege of Crema was a siege of the town of Crema, Lombardy by the Holy Roman Empire from 2 July 1159 to 25 January 1160.^[1]

Boydell & Brewer

Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Martlesham, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works.

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Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, in the province of Alessandria.

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Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine

Conrad of Hohenstaufen (– 8 November 1195) was the first hereditary Count Palatine of the Rhine.

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Crema, Lombardy

Crema (Cremish Lombard: Crèma) is a city and comune in the province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy.

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Cremona

Cremona (also;; Cremùna; Carmona) is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the Pianura Padana (Po Valley).

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Frederick Barbarossa

Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (Friedrich I; Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190.

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The Guelphs and Ghibellines (guelfi e ghibellini) were factions supporting respectively the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy during the Middle Ages. Siege of Crema and Guelphs and Ghibellines are 12th century in Italy and wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines.

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Henry the Lion

Henry the Lion (Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195), also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony (ruled 1142-1180) and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria (ruled 1156-1180), was a member of the Welf dynasty.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Italian city-states

The Italian city-states were numerous political and independent territorial entities that existed in the Italian Peninsula from antiquity to the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in the late 19th century.

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Lombard League

The Lombard League (Liga Lombarda in Lombard, Lega Lombarda in Italian) was a medieval alliance formed in 1167, supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman emperors to assert influence over the Kingdom of Italy as a part of the Holy Roman Empire. Siege of Crema and Lombard League are history of Lombardy and wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines.

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Mangonel

The mangonel, also called the traction trebuchet, was a type of trebuchet used in Ancient China starting from the Warring States period, and later across Eurasia by the 6th century AD.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Pavia

Pavia (Ticinum; Papia) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino near its confluence with the Po.

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Peace of Constance

The Peace of Constance (25 June 1183) was a privilege granted by Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his son and co-ruler, Henry VI, King of the Romans, to the members of the Lombard League to end the state of rebellion (war) that had been ongoing since 1167.

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Po (river)

The Po is the longest river in Italy.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona

The Diocese of Cremona (Dioecesis Cremonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy.

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Siege of Milan

The Siege and capture of Milan was one of the episodes of the Hun wars fought in Italy.

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Siege tower

A Roman siege tower or breaching tower (or in the Middle Ages, a belfryCastle: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections. Dorling Kindersley Pub (T); 1st American edition (September 1994). Siege towers were invented in 300 BC.) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching the defensive walls of a fortification.

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Venetian walls of Crema

The Venetian walls of Crema are an architectural construction dating back to the second half of the 15th century, built for defensive purposes.

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Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Crema

Siege of Crema, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Boydell & Brewer

Casale Monferrato

Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine

Crema, Lombardy

Cremona

Frederick Barbarossa

Guelphs and Ghibellines

Henry the Lion

Holy Roman Empire

Italian city-states

Lombard League

Mangonel

Milan

Pavia

Peace of Constance

Po (river)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona

Siege of Milan

Siege tower

Venetian walls of Crema

Woodbridge, Suffolk

See also

1150s in the Holy Roman Empire

1159 in Europe

1160 in Europe

1160s in the Holy Roman Empire

12th century in Italy

Conflicts in 1159

Conflicts in 1160

Sieges involving Italy

References