{"product_id":"purgatorio-men-of-iron-volume-6","title":"Purgatorio: Men of Iron Volume 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\rThe struggle between monarchs in Europe, particularly between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope, would spawn well over a hundred years of conflict in Italy. The Investiture Controversy caused a split between the Italian city states and even the people within the city states. Guelph was the name given to those who supported the Papacy—while the Ghibellines were the supporters of the Holy Roman Empire. Guelph cities tended to be farther away from the Papal States and closer to the Holy Roman Empire, and Ghibelline cities tended to be farther away from the Holy Roman Empire and closer to the Pope’s temporal power.\r\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \rBattles raged across Italy from the mid-1100s to the mid-1300s with both sides ending up on top at one time or another. This sixth Men of Iron game covers some of those battles: beginning with Frederick Barbarossa trying to recapture rebelling provinces in Italy in the late 12th century, taking a spin through the 13th century with a few battles that spelled the end of direct Hohenstaufen rule of Italy, and ending with a war that myth says was fought over the theft of a bucket from one city by another!\r\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\rThe battles include:\r\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\r\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLegnano 29 May 1176\u003c\/i\u003e – Frederick Barbarossa fights the Lombard League for control of northern Italy.\r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCortenuova 27 November 1237\u003c\/i\u003e – Frederick II, grandson of Barbarossa, tangles with the second Lombard League for control of northern Italy.\r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMontaperti 4 September 1260\u003c\/i\u003e – Florence and Sienna fight one of the bloodiest battles in medieval Italy—as seen on TV, or in GMT’s Inferno!\r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44420085743658,"sku":"GMT2516","price":157.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0246\/9380\/0994\/files\/GMT2516_1.jpg?v=1780537087","url":"https:\/\/www.fancy-dress.com.au\/products\/purgatorio-men-of-iron-volume-6","provider":"Fancy Dress Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}