Seventeen Lectures On the Study of Medieval And Modern History And Kindred Subjects
The book Seventeen Lectures On the Study of Medieval And Modern History And Kindred Subjects was written by author Stubbs, William, 1825-1901 Here you can read free online of Seventeen Lectures On the Study of Medieval And Modern History And Kindred Subjects book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Seventeen Lectures On the Study of Medieval And Modern History And Kindred Subjects a good or bad book?
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435). See Itinerar. R. K. p. xcvii. 1 74 Frederick II. [yn\. succeeded in maintaining his position, and became bailiff or regent under the nominal gimrdianship of the queen. But the struggle was still proceeding when Frederick II, on his way to Palestine, arrived in the Levant. Frederick II, as I need not remind you, was already the ' Stupor mundi,' the man of unbounded ambition and almost ubiquitous versatility, who never did a great or truly kingly act, or followed any but a selfish aim. He w...as, as son of Henry VI, heir of imperial aspirations that coveted the whole world, and, as the husband of Yolanda of Brienne, father and guardian of the young heir of Palestine. Yolanda, who must have been a child when she married him, died in this same year laaS, leaving an only son, the luckless Conrad. When then Frederick reached the Peloponnesus, he was met by five Cypriot barons of the queen's party, who asked his aid against the lord of Berytus. The emperor, whether desirous as he might well be to make Cyprus available for military purposes, or simply wishing to assert his right as overlord, undertook to deal with John of Ibelin ; the barons told him that the revenues of Cyprus were large enough to secure the conquest of Palestine, and Frederick thought them worth a trial.
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