Description: THE PLOT TO POISON THE EMPEROR FREDERIC II PREVENTED BY HIS DAUGHTER Artist: Unknown _________________ Engraver: Unknown IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER AND CLEARER THAN SCAN SHOWS !! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 135 YEARS OLD!! Entitled: "The plot to poison the Emperor Frederic II prevented by his daughter". Historically, Pope Innocent IV set in motion a plot to kill Frederick, with the support of the pope's brother-in-law Orlando de Rossi. The plotters were unmasked by the count of Caserta, and the city of Altavilla, where they had found shelter, was razed. The guilty were blinded, mutilated, and burnt alive or hanged. Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250) was a Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily in the Middle Ages. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous. Speaking six languages (Latin, Sicilian, German, French, Greek and Arabic, Frederick was an avid patron of science and the arts. He played a major role in promoting literature through the Sicilian School of poetry. He was also the first king who explicitly outlawed trials by ordeal as they were considered irrational. He died in 1250, at the age of 55, his line quickly died out and the House of Hohenstaufen came to an end. FREDERICK II (1194-1250). The last of the Hohenstaufen line of German kings was Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor from 1220 to 1250. His reign, like that of his grandfather Frederick I, was filled with conflict: wars for control of his Kingdom of Sicily; war against the Lombard League, a confederation of cities in northern Italy; the rebellion of his own son Henry VII and other German rulers; a crusade to the Holy Land; and a long struggle with the papacy. Frederick was born on Dec. 26, 1194, in Jesi, Italy, the son of Emperor Henry VI and Constance of Sicily. After his father's death in 1197, he was crowned king of Sicily in May 1198. Before Constance died in 1198, she appointed Pope Innocent III, one of the most powerful figures in the medieval papacy, as the child's guardian. Frederick married at age 15, and in March 1212 he had his one-year-old son crowned king of Sicily. In April 1220 the same child was elected king of Germany as Henry VII. After defeating a rival emperor, Frederick was himself crowned Holy Roman emperor on Nov. 22, 1220. Frederick was an intelligent and capable ruler. He was also a poet, lawmaker, and political reformer. His court in Sicily was one of the most brilliant in Europe. He created a civil service, the candidates for which were trained at the University of Naples, founded by him in 1224. Frederick's absences from Germany--in Italy for long periods and on a crusade to Jerusalem from 1228 to 1229--led to rebellion among the German princes. When his son Henry VII made an alliance with the Lombard League, Frederick returned to Germany and defeated him. The hostility between Frederick and the papacy was based on the military threat he posed to the papal states in Italy. This military threat was additionally heightened by his liberal, anticlerical religious policies. At his sudden death on Dec. 13, 1250, he was in a strong position in both Germany and Italy. Within 22 years, however, all of his heirs were dead, victims of wars with the papacy. SIZE: Image size in inches is 5 1/2" x 7", overall page size is 6 1/2 " x 9 1/2". CONDITION: Condition is good. Nothing on reverse. Thick rag stock cardboard type paper. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, plate, line drawing, photogravure etc. are ALL images that have been printed on paper. THIS IS AN ACTUAL STEEL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1860's! A RARE FIND!
Price: 6.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-11-10T21:06:02.000Z
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Material: Engraving
Subject: History
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Print
