Between the death of Louis II (in 875) and the coronation of Otto the Great as Emperor (in 962), Italy was in a state of constant disruption as various pretenders attempted to make good their claims to the throne of Italy or, more tenuously, to the Empire. Louis II, son of Emperor Lothair I had been the legitimate heir of Charlemagne.
Italy in the 9th and 10th centuries descended into disorder. And the Eastern Empire once again flexes its muscles.
The disintegration of Frankish authority in Italy and the expansion of the Church’s secular power.
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