Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor (Oxford Paperbacks)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
LIST OF MAPS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 18
PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION......Page 24
PART ONE......Page 26
CHAPTER ONE: THE NORMAN INHERITANCE......Page 28
CHAPTER TWO: THE GERMAN INHERITANCE: FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND HENRY VI......Page 80
PART TWO......Page 104
CHAPTER THREE: THE CHILD KING, 1194-1220......Page 106
CHAPTER FOUR: ROMAN EMPEROR, DEFENDER OF THE CHURCH, 1220-27......Page 149
CHAPTER FIVE: THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, 1227-30......Page 181
CHAPTER SIX: LAW AND MONARCHY IN SICILY......Page 219
CHAPTER SEVEN: \'O ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON\'......Page 243
PART THREE......Page 266
CHAPTER EIGHT: CULTURE AT COURT......Page 268
CHAPTER NINE: THE END OF CONCORD, 1235......Page 307
CHAPTER TEN: REMOTE CONTROL......Page 338
CHAPTER ELEVEN: A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE, 1239-45......Page 357
CHAPTER TWELVE: AN UNENDING CRUSADE, 1245-50......Page 392
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE GHOSTS OF THE HOHENSTAUFEN......Page 425
CONCLUSION......Page 453
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES......Page 457
INDEX......Page 476