Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo, vol. 4/8 : dal secolo V al XVI
"Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo, vol. 4/8" by Ferdinand Gregorovius is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It examines Rome in the 11th century, tracing the fierce struggle among the papacy, the city’s aristocratic clans, and the German monarchy, and showing how local civic forces helped trigger wider transformations such as church reform and the Investiture Controversy. The opening of the work presents the 11th century
as a time of papal collapse and rapid revival shaped by Roman civic opposition and aristocratic power. After Otto III’s death, the Crescenzi dominate Rome under Giovanni Crescenzio while Arduino of Ivrea claims a Lombard crown; the Tusculan counts rise, pushing Sergio IV and then Benedict VIII, who allies with Henry II (crowned in 1014 amid Roman unrest), combats Saracen raids with Pisa and Genoa, and faces Byzantine pressure in the south alongside the first Norman bands. John XIX and then Conrad II follow, with Conrad’s imperial coronation in 1027, urban riots, and a notable turn to Roman law in papal territory. The narrative then highlights the scandalous pontificate of Benedict IX, his expulsion and return, the sale of the papacy to Gregory VI, Rome’s chaos under three rival popes, and the appeal to Henry III, who convenes the Council of Sutri (1046), removes claimants, installs Clement II, and receives the imperial crown and the Roman patriziato, signaling a new phase in papal and civic order. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891 |
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| Translator | Manzato, Renato |
| Title | Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo, vol. 4/8 : dal secolo V al XVI |
| Original Publication | Venezia: Antonelli, 1872, copyright 1876. |
| Credits | Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.) |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta |
| Subject | Rome (Italy) -- History |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78188 |
| Release Date | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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