Frederick Barbarossa crowned emperor
June 18, 1155
Adrian IV crowned Barbarossa in St. Peter's after an uneasy meeting at which the emperor had initially refused to hold the pope's stirrup. Outside, Arnold of Brescia's Roman commune prepared to riot. Frederick left as soon as the ceremony ended and never fully mended his relationship with Rome. The coronation was supposed to inaugurate a partnership between empire and papacy, but instead it revealed the mutual suspicion that would define their dealings for decades.
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Also in 1155 (4 other events on record)
- Arnold of Brescia hanged · Europe · Religion
- Waldensian movement's forerunners · Europe · Religion
- Manuel I Komnenos invades southern Italy · Europe · War
- Henry II confirms London's customs · Europe · Politics
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.