“For some years Frederick had worn the imperial crown, but his achievements had been confined to one relatively restricted sphere: he had been playing the king only, and though these kingly deeds would presently serve the Emperor they had not yet assumed any importance for Christendom at large. Frederick could already, as Roman emperor, hold the balance even against a world power like Church and Pope, but before he could seriously challenge it he must himself become a ‘world power’ too.”
Kantorowicz’s story of the remarkable man whose power and sphere of influence straddled the worlds of Christendom and of Islam—a readable, scholarly work on one of the most colorful personalities of the Middle Ages, Frederick II.
Author: Ernst Kantorowicz
Title: Frederick The Second
Edition: Republished
Published: New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1957
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 724p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, light chipping, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with mild edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy with mild rolling. Pages toned. Owner’s name on front free end-paper. A few instances of pencil markings in text-block.
Comments: Beautiful copy
