In this, the first revisionist biography of Frederick II, David Abulafia dispels Frederick's long-lived, distorted reputation as a monarch tolerant to the Jews and Muslims, defiant of papal rule, and eager to create a new, secular world ...
This book was designed to explore as fully as possible the appropriateness of the phrase immutator mundi or transformer of the world, as applied by contemporaries to Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, to establish the relationship of his many ...
Indeed, this ancient book has long been recognized as the first zoological treatise written in the critical spirit of modern science.
'This new edition returns a mercurial, bravura work to the bookshelves, from which it has been absent too long' Dan Jones, author of The Templars.
FREDERICK THE SECOND is the story of the remarkable man whose power and sphere of influence straddled the worlds of Christendom and of Islam.
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... Frederick II , Holy Roman emperor : claims the throne of Germany , 159 ; reign of , 160 ; death of , 167 Frederick ( III ) of Austria , King of Germany : rival of Lewis of Ba- varia , 189 Frederick III , Holy Roman emperor : reign of ...
... Frederick II , Holy Roman emperor : claims the throne of Germany , 159 ; reign of , 160 ; death of , 167 Frederick ( III ) of Austria , King of Germany : rival of Lewis of Ba- varia , 189 Frederick III , Holy Roman emperor : reign of ...
... Frederick II , Holy Roman emperor : claims the throne of Germany , 159 ; reign of , 160 ; death of , 167 Frederick ( III ) of Austria , King of Germany : rival of Lewis of Ba- varia , 189 Frederick III , Holy Roman emperor : reign of ...
... Frederick II ( Holy Roman Emperor ) , Italian campaigns of Frederick II ( Holy Roman Emperor ) , Italian campaigns of , 2 : 135 , 397 battle of Cortenuova , 1 : 129 ; 2 : 136 , 183 , 399 battle of Modena , 2 : 518 Ezzelino III da Romano ...