Frederick, Conrad and Manfred of Hohenstaufen, Kings of Sicily: The Chronicle of Nicholas of Jamsilla 1210-1258 Tapa blanda - 2017

Trinacria Editions LLC, 2017. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (5 x 1.1 x 8 inches) Includes appendices [6], chronology, bibliography, index, maps, family trees, and photos. 400 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In the decade following the death of Frederick II in 1250, his sons Conrad and Manfred had to defend the Kingdom of Sicily against covetous popes and traitorous barons. This is the only contemporary chronicle to recount these events from the point of view of the Hohenstaufen dynasty and their Ghibelline supporters. Here is the first English translation of the chronicle written in Latin at the traveling court of Manfred Hohenstaufen. Its publication in English is a milestone in the study of a key period in Italian and German history. The fascinating 'Jamsilla Chronicle' takes its name not from its narrator but from the medieval owner of its oldest manuscript, a codex kept in Naples. The name… Leer más