Battle of Parma

: "This article is about the 1248 Battle of Parma. For the Battle of 1734 see the Battle of San Pietro."Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Parma


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partof=the Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines
date=1247 - 1248 ["Meyers Konversations-Lexikon", S. 739, Band 12," 1885",]
February 18 1248 [ "The Emperor Frederick II and the Sicilian Church" ; H. J. Pybus / "Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1930), pp. 134-163"]
place=Parma, Emilia, present-day Italy
result=Decisive Lombard victory ["The Papacy, An Encyclopedia Vol. II" ; by Philippe Levillain - John W. O'Malley]
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commander1=Frederick II
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strength1= 5,600 ["Saracen Archers in Southern Italy"; by Giovanni Amatuccio / "De Re Militari 2001"] ["The Mirror of Language: A Study in the Medieval Theory of Knowledge"; by Marcia L. Colish / "Published by U of Nebraska Press, 1983"]
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casualties1= 1,500 Killed
100 Knights and 1,500 Foot soldiers Captured ["The Mirror of Language: A Study in the Medieval Theory of Knowledge"; by Marcia L. Colish / "Published by U of Nebraska Press, 1983"]
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The Battle of Parma was fought in February 18, 1248 between the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and the Guelphs. The Guelphs attacked the Imperial camp when Frederick II was away. The Imperial forces were defeated ["The New Cambridge Medieval History V" ; by Rosamond McKitterick, Christopher Allmand, David Abulafia, Paul Fouracre, Timothy Reuter, David Luscombe, Michael Jones, Jonathan Riley-Smith / "Cambridge University Press, 1995"] and much of Frederick's treasure was lost.

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