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Barbarossa in Italy

Barbarossa in Italy

Bergamo Master
Carson, Thomas
Carson, Thomas

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral PoetryGerman History

ISBN10: 0934977305
ISBN13: 9780934977302
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: Dec 28 2009
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Barbarossa in Italy presents a verse translation of the Carmen de gestis Frederici I imperatoris in Lombardia. This Latin poem describes the conflict leading up to April of 1162 when Frederick I Hohenstaufen, the German emperor, destroyed Milan in an attempt to impose his rule on the emerging urban republics of northern Italy. The issues, personalities, and events that led up to this catastrophe are the subjects of this unfinished verse epic written by an anonymous citizen of Bergamo shortly after the events. With a vivid eye for the horrors of battle and siege, his knowing portrayal of Frederick's conflicted emotions, and his use of classical figures and dream vision, the Bergamo Master shows a respect for his classical antecedents while staying faithful to the modes and personalities of his age. In concise and modern English verse Professor Carson provides the reader with a fresh view of this monumental struggle between imperial authority and an age of cultural revival, local freedoms, and new loyalties. Ilustrated, map, introduction, notes, bibliography.

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