Henry IV, feeling secure of his success …
Years: 1085 - 1085
Henry IV, feeling secure of his success in Italy, had returned to Germany and had spent 1084 in a show of power here, advancing up to Magdeburg in Saxony.
To quench any sedition, he also declares the Peace of God in 1085, granting immunity from violence to noncombatants who cannot defend themselves, in all the territories of the Holy Roman Empire.
Locations
People
Groups
- Saxons
- Saxony, Duchy of
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
