Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor - Hardcover

Abulafia, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071399004X ISBN 13: 9780713990041

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1988

Synopsis

Traces the life and reign of Frederick II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in the thirteenth century

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From the Inside Flap:

Frederick II (1194-1250) - King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Jerusalem, expert ornithologist, Wonder of the World, has long been considered the first Renaissance ruler. A visionary autocrat who embraced the religious divisions within his empire to challenge the armies and oppressive limitations of the medieval church, he has also been denounced as the Antichrist, a heretic and a heathen, who died condemned by the papacy to eternal damnation.


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From the Back Cover:

“David Abulafia has written a brilliant book.” – Andrew Wheatcroft, Evening Standard

“This is the rarest of books, a biography which is both a persuasive and compelling portrait of a man, and of genuine and major historical importance. Nobody will read it without pleasure.” – R.I. Moore, TLS

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 071399004X
• ISBN 13: 9780713990041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480