《Frederick, Conrad and Manfred of Hohenstaufen, Kings of Sicily》是Trinacria Editions LLC出版的圖書，作者是Louis Mendola
基本介紹
- ISBN：9781943639069
- 作者：Louis Mendola
- 出版社：Trinacria Editions LLC
- 出版時間：2016年11月15日
- 頁數：300
- 定價：USD 36.00
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
This is the first English translation of a chronicle written in Latin during the thirteenth century at the traveling court of Manfred von Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily, son and heir of the great Frederick II, who ruled lands and peoples from Saxony to Sicily. Its publication in English is a milestone in the study of European medieval history. Following Frederick's untimely death...(展開全部) This is the first English translation of a chronicle written in Latin during the thirteenth century at the traveling court of Manfred von Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily, son and heir of the great Frederick II, who ruled lands and peoples from Saxony to Sicily. Its publication in English is a milestone in the study of European medieval history. Following Frederick's untimely death in 1250, his sons Conrad and Manfred ruled Sicily and two-thirds of the Italian peninsula. This is their story told from their point of view. The fascinating 'Jamsilla Chronicle' takes its name not from its narrator but from the medieval owner of its oldest manuscript, a codex kept in Naples. The name 'Jamsilla' is a corruption of 'Joinville,' an Angevin family that flourished in Italy after 1270. However, it is clear the chronicler was somebody close to King Manfred, and he offers us much insight into the monarch's exploits; many candidates have been advanced by historians as 'Nicholas of Jamsilla.' Most of the news recounted here centers on the period from 1254 until Manfred's coronation in 1258. The chronicle was completed by around 1262, a few years before Manfred's death at the Battle of Benevento in 1266. This text, one of the most important sources for a brief but pivotal period, has been consulted by such giants as Steven Runciman and David Abulafia. Mendola, who previously translated the memoir of John of Procida (The Rebellion of Sicily against King Charles) from Middle Sicilian, is intimately familiar with the Italian regions that are the focus of the chronicle, as well a
