Medievalists.net » The Lombard League http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Furor Teutonicus: The View of the ‘Germans’ in Italy during the Reign of Emperor Frederick I, ‘Barbarossa’ (1152-90) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/furor-teutonicus-the-view-of-the-germans-in-italy-during-the-reign-of-emperor-frederick-i-barbarossa-1152-90/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/furor-teutonicus-the-view-of-the-germans-in-italy-during-the-reign-of-emperor-frederick-i-barbarossa-1152-90/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37300 “Medieval Europe did not love the Germans. The Italians hated them, the French admitted their courage, but detested their manners, the English were jealous of them, the Slavs both feared and hated them, while the Germans despised and contemned the Slavs.”16 But it is the Italian side I would like to concentrate on in this paper. Further, I do not wish to examine the reasons for the conflicts between 'Germans' and 'Italians' in this era, nor the events surrounding them. I will try to focus strictly on the views that were expressed about Germans in mediaeval Italy in general and during the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in particular.

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