If they’re ‘excommunicated’, it’s usually a Staufen :) —it’s a badge of honor, and really ends up being an admission by the papacy that the emperor is actually beyond its power and reach, which dooms by the time when Philip IV comes for Boniface VIII.
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u/Objective-Golf-7616 Frederick II 5d ago
If they’re ‘excommunicated’, it’s usually a Staufen :) —it’s a badge of honor, and really ends up being an admission by the papacy that the emperor is actually beyond its power and reach, which dooms by the time when Philip IV comes for Boniface VIII.
Clearly Barbarossa though.