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THE NORMAN CONQUESTS.
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Emperor.” As a visible proof of this, to all the assistants
of the investiture of Count Rudolf of Airolo, the latter
received the investiture, both from Lothair and Innocent,
whilst both of them grasped firmly the staff of the stan-
dard, which they placed in his right hand.’
The allies next disputed the possession of Salerno, the
ancient Longobard capital of Southern Italy. Gregory
VII., it will be remembered, had been a voluntary exile
there, after the Sack of Rome. There he had yielded u
his majestic and afflicted spirit. Since that time the
city had always been considered a dependence of Rome>
and the Church had uniformly denied its being an integral
part of the province of Apulia; and on this point also
the Pope and the Emperor could not agree.2
The dispute never was settled, for Lothair died in the
Tyrol in the year a.d. 1187, after a reign of twelve
years. Death, it may be observed, always did prove
itself a powerful aid to Norman ambition. From his
campaign in Southern Italy, Innocent II. returned to his
habitation in the Lateran at Rome. This overlooked the
quarters of the Celium and the Coliseum, formerly the
glory of the city, but which were now reduced almost to a
desert by the sack of Rome, under the mixed bands of
Robert Guiscard.
On the opposite bank of the Tiber, Anacletus had
fortified himself in the tomb of Hadrian and the par-
tisans of both Pontiffs lost no occasion of filling the city
with clamour, bloodshed, and contention as often as pos-
sible. Roger promptly seized the favourable opportunity of
avenging himself and regaining his lost ground. Apulia
was unable to defend itself from him, unprotected by the
Imperial troops. Salerno surrendered voluntarily; Capua
was taken by assault, savagely plundered, and razed to
the ground, as a warning to other cities. The party of
Anacletus was about to triumph in the south of Italy
when the anti-pope died, January, 1138.
1 “ Apost. accepto vexillo a superior! parte, Imp. ab inferior!, Hay-
dulfum de dicat. Apul. investiverunt.” Roumald. Sa|ern., p. 189.
2 “ Qua) res inter pontificem et Ceesarem dissentionein maximam
ministravit.” Petr. Diacon. p. 591.
199
Emperor.” As a visible proof of this, to all the assistants
of the investiture of Count Rudolf of Airolo, the latter
received the investiture, both from Lothair and Innocent,
whilst both of them grasped firmly the staff of the stan-
dard, which they placed in his right hand.’
The allies next disputed the possession of Salerno, the
ancient Longobard capital of Southern Italy. Gregory
VII., it will be remembered, had been a voluntary exile
there, after the Sack of Rome. There he had yielded u
his majestic and afflicted spirit. Since that time the
city had always been considered a dependence of Rome>
and the Church had uniformly denied its being an integral
part of the province of Apulia; and on this point also
the Pope and the Emperor could not agree.2
The dispute never was settled, for Lothair died in the
Tyrol in the year a.d. 1187, after a reign of twelve
years. Death, it may be observed, always did prove
itself a powerful aid to Norman ambition. From his
campaign in Southern Italy, Innocent II. returned to his
habitation in the Lateran at Rome. This overlooked the
quarters of the Celium and the Coliseum, formerly the
glory of the city, but which were now reduced almost to a
desert by the sack of Rome, under the mixed bands of
Robert Guiscard.
On the opposite bank of the Tiber, Anacletus had
fortified himself in the tomb of Hadrian and the par-
tisans of both Pontiffs lost no occasion of filling the city
with clamour, bloodshed, and contention as often as pos-
sible. Roger promptly seized the favourable opportunity of
avenging himself and regaining his lost ground. Apulia
was unable to defend itself from him, unprotected by the
Imperial troops. Salerno surrendered voluntarily; Capua
was taken by assault, savagely plundered, and razed to
the ground, as a warning to other cities. The party of
Anacletus was about to triumph in the south of Italy
when the anti-pope died, January, 1138.
1 “ Apost. accepto vexillo a superior! parte, Imp. ab inferior!, Hay-
dulfum de dicat. Apul. investiverunt.” Roumald. Sa|ern., p. 189.
2 “ Qua) res inter pontificem et Ceesarem dissentionein maximam
ministravit.” Petr. Diacon. p. 591.