Frederick Hohenstaufen
History is a study of the past. In history we tend to learn about great men or not so great men that had lived before us basically through someone else’s mind. People that lived at the same time as these great people write about them for future generations to come. There has been many rulers, monarchs in history. Some of them are good while some of them are not so good and or fit for the positions they get appointed for. Likewise, Frederick was one of the most extraordinary figures in history. He has many people that wrote biographies about him, some of them wrote about his career with pride while others weren’t really all that impressed. He was a German- Italian ruler and was born on December 26th 1194, and passed away …show more content…
He was always getting into disputes with the papacy. According to an Academic article it states that he was called the “anti- Christ” for the pamphlet he wrote which was called the De Tribus impostoribus. He was a bit eccentric when it came towards Christianity and or any religion. As the article also reports that he had “unusual conception of Christian religion and of the royal duty to severe it” .He wasn’t really fond of the idea of religion in a very weird way. In 1221 he decided that the Jews should be distinguished from the Christians and made them wear blue coats and grow beards. He also changed the status of the Jews and Muslims to Servr camerae- servants of the royal chamber in Sicily (“Frederick II of Hohenstaufen” …show more content…
Frederick was big on Science and art at the time Pennington writes in his article that Frederick was most anxious to learn more, and his “contemporaries: steered him to the arts of astrologers and necromancers. According to the book called Science and its times it’s stated that he “contributed” greatly to medicine and “medieval intellectual life”. He also licensed medical school at Salemo and said that all working physicians should have the “approval” of fellow coworkers. And Salemo was very “influential” in setting the bases for medical schools at the time at many different places such as “at Montpellier, Paris, Bologna, and Padua (Lauer, N.Schlager.199). He was very pro education and medicine. He set up a university in Naples, where really smart men came to speak. Frederick also holds the merit of encouraging the development of Italian language. He was also big on Arts and architecture. It reports in the article by Pennington that “Frederick was also delighted in Sculpture and paintings and architecture. Fredrick was an open minded man who is liked by many biographers. He was said to be a very interesting man open to new ideas and culture. Fredrick is liked by Germany and Italy for regaining the Holy Roman Emperor and the way he ruled and as an efficient kind. He is also said to be part of the ‘pre-Renaissance’ for his ideas and the fascination he has with culture. Being
History is a study of the past. In history we tend to learn about great men or not so great men that had lived before us basically through someone else’s mind. People that lived at the same time as these great people write about them for future generations to come. There has been many rulers, monarchs in history. Some of them are good while some of them are not so good and or fit for the positions they get appointed for. Likewise, Frederick was one of the most extraordinary figures in history. He has many people that wrote biographies about him, some of them wrote about his career with pride while others weren’t really all that impressed. He was a German- Italian ruler and was born on December 26th 1194, and passed away …show more content…
He was always getting into disputes with the papacy. According to an Academic article it states that he was called the “anti- Christ” for the pamphlet he wrote which was called the De Tribus impostoribus. He was a bit eccentric when it came towards Christianity and or any religion. As the article also reports that he had “unusual conception of Christian religion and of the royal duty to severe it” .He wasn’t really fond of the idea of religion in a very weird way. In 1221 he decided that the Jews should be distinguished from the Christians and made them wear blue coats and grow beards. He also changed the status of the Jews and Muslims to Servr camerae- servants of the royal chamber in Sicily (“Frederick II of Hohenstaufen” …show more content…
Frederick was big on Science and art at the time Pennington writes in his article that Frederick was most anxious to learn more, and his “contemporaries: steered him to the arts of astrologers and necromancers. According to the book called Science and its times it’s stated that he “contributed” greatly to medicine and “medieval intellectual life”. He also licensed medical school at Salemo and said that all working physicians should have the “approval” of fellow coworkers. And Salemo was very “influential” in setting the bases for medical schools at the time at many different places such as “at Montpellier, Paris, Bologna, and Padua (Lauer, N.Schlager.199). He was very pro education and medicine. He set up a university in Naples, where really smart men came to speak. Frederick also holds the merit of encouraging the development of Italian language. He was also big on Arts and architecture. It reports in the article by Pennington that “Frederick was also delighted in Sculpture and paintings and architecture. Fredrick was an open minded man who is liked by many biographers. He was said to be a very interesting man open to new ideas and culture. Fredrick is liked by Germany and Italy for regaining the Holy Roman Emperor and the way he ruled and as an efficient kind. He is also said to be part of the ‘pre-Renaissance’ for his ideas and the fascination he has with culture. Being