Frederick BarbarossaAuthor :
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Published : Sunday 19 June 2016
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A rich portrait of Frederick Barbarossa, the medieval monarch who ruled Germany in cooperation with the princes and whose legend inspired Hitler to label his invasion of the Soviet Union "Operation Barbarossa""Freed has done so much to illuminate the ins and out of German politics in the late tweflth century, ensuring that his book will be a constant point of reference for scholars."-David Abulafia, History Today Frederick Barbarossa, born of two of Germanys most powerful families, swept to the imperial throne in a coup détat in 1152. A leading monarch of the Middle Ages, he legalized the dualism between the crown and the princes that endured until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. This new biography, the first in English in four decades, paints a rich picture of a consummate diplomat and effective warrior. John Freed mines Barbarossas recently published charters and other sources to illuminate the monarchs remarkable ability to rule an empire that stretched from the Baltic to Rome, and from France to Poland. Offering a fresh assessment of the role of Barbarossas extensive familial network in his success, the author also considers the impact of Fredericks death in the Third Crusade as the key to his lasting heroic reputation. In an intriguing epilogue, Freed explains how Hitlers audacious attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 came to be called "Operation Barbarossa."
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