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What did Henry IV agree to in the peace treaty with the Saxons in 1074?
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Henry IV, illumination from the manuscript Ekkehardi historia, c. 1113; in possession of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
In the peace treaty concluded with the Saxons in February 1074, Henry IV agreed to grant immunity to the rebels and to the razing of the royal Harz Castle.1
This agreement followed a period of intense unrest in Saxony caused by the king's efforts to reclaim royal lands and rights using Swabian ministerials. However, the peace was short-lived; Henry declared it broken after the peasants, while destroying the castle, desecrated a church and the tomb of one of his sons.1