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  • Marriage to Adelheid and assumption of the crown of Italy; the pope refused him imperial coronation; Berengar of Ivrea, forced into vassalage, ceded the marks of Verona, Friuli, Istria (the keys to the passes) to Otto's brother Henry, duke of Bavaria.

    928 2001

  • Otto's second expedition to Italy, in answer to the appeal of the profligate pope, John XII, for protection against Berengar.

    f. The Papacy and Italy 2001

  • Berengar of Friuli was crowned king of Italy at Pavia.

    846 2001

  • Berengar I, last of the phantom “emperors” (vacancy in the empire, 924–62), was the grandson of Louis the Pious.

    f. The Papacy and Italy 2001

  • There, Bruno's vigorous denouncement of Berengar's views both convinced Berengar to retreat from his position and won Bruno the respect and friendship of Gregory

    Hamilton: "A Liturgy of Reform" 1996

  • He would remain with his assistant, Berengar, to put things back in order (those were his words) and arrange the library for the night.

    The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980

  • Meanwhile, we have already collected a few insinuations-quite vague, to be sure-about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar.

    The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980

  • I saw Berengar give Venantius a look charged with animosity, and Venantius return the look, silent and defiant.

    The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980

  • It was Berengar of Arundel who had spoken, the assistant librarian.

    The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980

  • He gave Berengar a look that made him lower his eyes.

    The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980

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