Christians of the Fifth Crusade

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Christians of the Fifth Crusade is written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1230536477 (ISBN 10) and 9781230536477 (ISBN 13).

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Philip II of France, Pope Innocent III, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Andrew II of Hungary, Pope Honorius III, Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, John of Brienne, Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, William I, Count of Holland, Hermann von Salza, Bohemond IV of Antioch, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, Pelagio Galvani, Muireadhach Albanach, Wilbrand van Oldenburg, William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, Gillebrighde Albanach, Jacques de Vitry, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Adolf VI of Berg, Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Balian Grenier, Hugh I of Cyprus, Hugues IV de Berze, Robert of Courcon, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Erard II of Chacenay, Savari de Mauleon, Pedro de Montaigu, Simon III, Count of Saarbrucken, Raoul of Merencourt, Guillaume de Chartres, Guerin de Montaigu, Otto II of Lippe, William of Huntingfield, Henry I of Rodez, Aubrey, Pons de Capduelh. Excerpt: Frederick II (26 December 1194 - 13 December 1250), was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous. However, his enemies, especially the popes, prevailed, and his dynasty collapsed soon after his death. Historians have searched for superlatives to describe him, as in the case of Professor Detwiler, who wrote: A man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability -- called by a contemporary chronicler stupor mundi (the wonder of the world), by Nietzsche the first European, and by many historians the first modern ruler -- Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy something very much like a modern, centrally governed kingdom with an efficient bureaucracy. Viewing himself as a direct successor to the Roman Emperors of Antiquity, he was King of the...