Could Frederick I Barbarossa have won the fight against the popes, provided a more reasonable policy was pursued? How should he act?

Frederick I Barbarossa fought with the popes, relying only on the feudal lords, who were ready to change, not wanting to strengthen the emperor. It would be more useful to rely on the cities of the Rhineland and Northern Italy – as Frederick II Staufen later successfully did.

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