The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 10 "Frederick and the Recovery of Jerusalem"

Byzantium And The Crusades

English - April 17, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
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The German Emperor Frederick II was an unusual medieval monarch. He shocked contemporaries by keeping a harem in his court at Palermo, and was excommunicated three times by the Pope. Yet he was the only monarch to succeed in recovering Jerusalem.