Liutprand of Cremona

Liutprand of Cremona

▪ Lombard bishop
also spelled  Liudprand  
born c. 920
died c. 972

      Lombard diplomat, historian, and bishop of Cremona whose chronicles are a major source for the history of the 10th century.

      A member of an aristocratic family, Liutprand grew up in Pavia, at the court of Hugh of Provence, king of Italy. When Hugh died in exile in 947, leaving his son and co-king Lothar on the throne, Liutprand became confidential secretary to the actual ruler of Italy, Berengar II, marquess of Ivrea. In 949 Berengar sent Liutprand as ambassador to the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. After his return to Pavia, Liutprand quarrelled with Berengar, king since Lothar's death in 950, and in 955 left Italy for the German court of Berengar's rival, King Ott (later Emperor Otto I the Great).

      In about 961 Otto made Liutprand bishop of Cremona. In 963 Liutprand undertook a mission for the Emperor to Pope John XII and later that year played an important part in a synod at Rome at which John was deposed and Leo VIII was elected pope. When Leo died, Liutprand once again went to Rome and presided over the election of Pope John XIII. In 968 Otto sent Liutprand to Constantinople to negotiate a marriage between his son, the future Otto II, and a Byzantine princess. The mission was unsuccessful; Liutprand's chronicles include a bitter description of his rude treatment by the emperor Nicephorus II Phocas. After 970, nothing more is known of Liutprand, who was succeeded in the episcopal seat of Cremona in 973.

      Liutprand was a vivid writer and a biassed reporter. His unfinished Antapodosis (“Revenge”), a history of Europe from 888 to 958, is a denunciation of King Berengar and his queen. His Historia Ottonis (“History of Otto”) is an encomium to his German patron, and his Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana (“Story of a Mission to Constantinople”) is a vitriolic polemic against the Byzantines. In spite of his prejudices, his works are of exceptional value to historians. The Works of Liudprand of Cremona (trans. by F.A. Wright) appeared in 1930.

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