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Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

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Number of Chapters: 35

Length: 08 hours and 13 minutes

Language: English

Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries "Stupor Mundi," the "astonishment of the world." Frequently at war with the papacy, which was hemmed in between Frederick's northern and southern Italian lands, he was excommunicated four times. Frederick spoke six languages and was an avid patron of the arts. He negotiated a peace treaty ending the sixth crusade, reigned over a cosmopolitan court at Palermo, and entrusted the administration of his southern kingdom to an efficient Muslim and Jewish bureaucracy. Allshorn writes that "around his name there gathered a glamour of strangeness and splendour, of genius soaring to perilous questionings of eternal truths, of unbreakable resolution and of unconquerable pride." - Summary by Pamela Nagami

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Ch. 1: A Heritage of Strife, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 1: A Heritage of Strife, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: The Child of Mother Church, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: The Child of Mother Church, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: The Adventure and the Goal, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: The Adventure and the Goal, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: King and Emperor, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: King and Emperor, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The First Excommunication, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The First Excommunication, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: The Excommunicate Crusader, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: The Excommunicate Crusader, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 3 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 8: The Rebellious Son, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 8: The Rebellious Son, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 9: The Conqueror (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 10: The Second Excommunication, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 10: The Second Excommunication, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 11: Fire and Sword, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 11: Fire and Sword, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 12: The Captured Council, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 12: The Captured Council, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 13: The New Enemy, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 13: The New Enemy, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 14: The Council of Lyons, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 14: The Council of Lyons, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 15: The Deposed Emperor, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 15: The Deposed Emperor, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: The Gathering of the Clouds, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: The Gathering of the Clouds, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 17: The Fall of Night (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 18: Stupor Mundi, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 18: Stupor Mundi, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
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