The aim of my research will be on the one hand to highlight the beginnings of Barbara’s relationship with Sigismund; particularly their engagement and wedding…
The Perquisite of a Medieval Wedding: Barbara of Cilli’s Acquisition of Wealth, Power, and Lands
September 7, 2014 By
Emperor Frederick II, ‘Sultan of Lucera’, ‘Friend of the Muslims’, Promoter of Cultural Transfer: Controversies and Suggestions
December 29, 2013 By
Already in his own time, he aroused responses ranging from profound adoration to vehement rejection.
Henry Ill’s Plans for a German Marriage (1225) and their Context
November 24, 2013 By
In this paper I would like to investigate how these and other factors influenced the two major marriage projects pursued by Henry III in 1225: the king himself was to marry a daughter of the duke of Austria, and his sister Isabella the son and heir of Emperor Frederick I, Henry (VII).
Medieval Sicilian lyric poetry : poets at the courts of Roger II and Frederick II
April 23, 2012 By
During the twelfth century, a group of poets at the Norman court in Sicily composed traditional Arabic panegyrics in praise of the kingdoms Christian monarchs. Less than a century later, at the court of Frederick II, Sicilian poets wrote the first lyric love poetry in an Italian vernacular.
Emperor Frederick II (1194–1250) and the political particularism of the German princes
January 15, 2012 By
After an extremely perilous early career during which he survived the plots of several adventurers, politicians, and churchmen who took advantage of the fact that he had lost both parents by the age of four, this child turned into one of the most admired and hated of all the powerful rulers in thirteenth-century Europe…
Crusader inscription by Frederick II discovered in Israel
November 15, 2011 By
“This is the only Crusader inscription in the Arabic language ever found in the Middle East,” say researchers.
Frederick II: A bridge between East and West
July 15, 2011 By
Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250), inheritor of the Germanic Holy Roman Empire and the Normandic kingdom of Sicily, was brought up in the city of Palermo in a multicultural atmosphere par excellence.
Saracen Archers in Southern Italy
February 28, 2011 By
The Normans, soon after the conquest of Sicily was complete, began using Sicilian Saracen mounted and foot archers as auxiliary troops: in 1076 they were included in the Guiscard army at the seizure of Salerno
The Muslim Colony of Luceria Sarracenorum (Lucera)
July 4, 2010 By
The life and dispersion of Lucerine Muslims in Apulia (c.1220–1300) are examined from the onomastic point of view
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