How could we get rid of the Papal States during the Ottonian period of the HRE, will there be a backlash and after the confiscation of Papal States Lazio will be the border of the HRE and the ERE.
Could the Byzantines do that?It may not be permanently gone but it is possible to have the Arabs do better in Italy to the point of conquering Rome which would for the moment end the papal state. Otherwise probably not, attacking the Papacy would be out of the question for the HRE given how much temporal power it held against the emperor.
Could the Byzantines do that?
It may not be permanently gone but it is possible to have the Arabs do better in Italy to the point of conquering Rome which would for the moment end the papal state. Otherwise probably not, attacking the Papacy would be out of the question for the HRE given how much temporal power it held against the emperor.
didnt stop Charles from taking over the city, sacking half of it and making the pope a prisoner in the castello de san angelo before making him flee the city for nearly a year
A strong Salian HRE+Sicily Union will help by keeping the States to Latium as a starting point. From there it's possible to see the temporal powers of the Papacy subsumed by the much stronger HRE.