The six-year imperial truce with the Lombard …
Years: 1183 - 1183
The six-year imperial truce with the Lombard communes, who have for years battled the Holy Roman emperor to ensure their freedom, is converted in 1183 into the Peace of Constance, by which the cities of the Lombard League gain recognition of their independent status as free communes, or republics, from Emperor Frederick I, acknowledging the emperor’s sovereignty over Lombardy but reducing his actual control.
