There are also records of fascinating characters, especially the Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Stupor Mundi. Historians still argue whether he was a prototype of a Renaissance ruler, with a ...

Silver grosso of Frederick II Hohenstaufen , obverse, 18 mm. Bergamo, 13th century. Padova, Musei Civici Eremitani, Palazzo Zuckermann, Museo Bottacin Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung ...

Criterion (i): Given its formal perfection and harmonious blending of cultural elements from northern Europe, the Muslim world and classical antiquity, Castel del Monte is a unique masterpiece of ...

From Norman rule to Swabian control, with Roger’s daughter Constance of Hauteville serving as the bridge, the castle was reinforced, and in 1222, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen added three more towers ...

Roman Empire, Frederick II Hohenstaufen issued a new gold coin called an “Augustalis” modeled on the gold coins of ancient Rome. The reverse bears an eagle, the imperial symbol, and an inscription ...

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with ...

Jesi (Ancona), June 20 - A museum dedicated to Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany and Sicily in the Middle Ages, will open in his birth city of Jesi, in the Marche ...

Edward Prime-Stevenson (1858–1942) was bolder. Writing about “the youthful and brave Conradin of Hohenstaufen and his beloved and not less gallant cousin, Frederick of Baden, the ‘blameless’ paragon ...

Frederick II was ill for some months before his death. ... Born in Italy in 1194, heir to the Hohenstaufen territories in Germany and grandson of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, he was also the heir ...

Dr. W. Frederick (Fritz) Schwenk passed peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. He was 77 years old. Born Ward Frederick Schwenk II, in Rapid City, South ...

Translators' introduction -- Manuscripts and editions of the De arte venandi cum avibus -- The castles and hunting lodges of Emperor Frederick II / Cresswell Shearer -- The art of falconry / Frederick ...