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Letter on the Death of the Emperor Frederick

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When the lord emperor was crossing by way of a certain shortcut a certain very rapid stream amidst the mountain gorges and the water had received him safely upon its opposite bank, he ate lunch there. After the innumerable and unbearable labors which he had endured now for a month, he wished to bathe
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in this water and to swim in order to cool himself off. He drowned by the hidden judgment of God in a lamentable and unexpected accident.
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allusions, that the author was a low-ranking cleric. On the other hand, it has been argued that author may have been Bishop
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Italienische Quellen über die Taten Kaiser Friedrichs I. in Italien und der Brief über den Kreuzzug Kaiser Friedrichs I
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The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts
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This is the translation of North, p. 1. Loud, pp. 8 and 169, gives the alternative translations
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is anonymous, there are indications that its author was a clergyman from the
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North, p. 7. For the date of the arrival in Tarsus, see Freed, p. 512.
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on 19 June. It begins with the reception of Frederick's crusade by
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on 4 June 1189, followed by a brief account its progress through
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Quellen zur Geschichte des Kreuzzuges Kaiser Friedrichs I.
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does not seem to have been used by the author of the
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Letter Concerning the Death of the Emperor Frederick
266:Letter About the Death of the Emperor Frederick 102:. He compares the size of the Turkish capital, 29: 110:. The letter is addressed to "your holiness" ( 287:Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth 229:Translated into English by William L. North, 173:Historia de expeditione Friderici imperatoris 8: 48:Letter on the Death of the Emperor Frederick 280: 278: 163:, another account of the Third Crusade. 248: 160:Narratio de itinere navali peregrinorum 57:Epistola de morte Friderici imperatoris 18:Epistola de morte Friderici imperatoris 37:— account of Frederick's death in the 307: 305: 303: 301: 299: 297: 145:, a biography of Frederick by Bishop 87:. It ends with the army's arrival in 7: 329: 327: 325: 323: 321: 319: 317: 153:. This manuscript originated in the 25: 1: 372:12th-century Latin literature 194:Monumenta Germaniae Historica 199:Translated into English by 143:Gesta Friderici imperatoris 63:on 10 June 1190 during the 403: 377:Texts about the Crusades 289:, Yale University Press 285:John B. Freed (2016), 56: 34: 387:Frederick Barbarossa 155:monastery of Sittich 137:is preserved in two 61:Frederick Barbarossa 235:The Haskins Society 213:Franz-Josef Schmale 128:Godfrey of Würzburg 73:Béla III of Hungary 222:(ed. and trans.), 147:Otto I of Freising 122:and unimpressive 91:on 17 June 1190. 16:(Redirected from 394: 352: 349: 343: 340: 334: 331: 312: 309: 292: 290: 282: 273: 262: 256: 253: 221: 112:vestra sanctitas 41: 21: 402: 401: 397: 396: 395: 393: 392: 391: 357: 356: 355: 350: 346: 341: 337: 332: 315: 310: 295: 284: 283: 276: 263: 259: 254: 250: 246: 215: 182: 43: 36: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 400: 398: 390: 389: 384: 379: 374: 369: 359: 358: 354: 353: 344: 335: 313: 311:Loud, pp. 8–9. 293: 274: 257: 247: 245: 242: 241: 240: 239: 238: 210: 209: 208: 201:Graham A. Loud 181: 178: 28: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 399: 388: 385: 383: 382:Third Crusade 380: 378: 375: 373: 370: 368: 365: 364: 362: 351:Loud, p. 169. 348: 345: 339: 336: 330: 328: 326: 324: 322: 320: 318: 314: 308: 306: 304: 302: 300: 298: 294: 288: 281: 279: 275: 271: 267: 261: 258: 252: 249: 243: 236: 232: 228: 227: 225: 219: 214: 211: 206: 202: 198: 197: 195: 191: 187: 186:Anton Chroust 184: 183: 179: 177: 175: 174: 169: 164: 162: 161: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 106:, to that of 105: 101: 97: 92: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 65:Third Crusade 62: 58: 54: 50: 49: 42: 40: 33: 27: 19: 347: 338: 333:North, p. 1. 286: 269: 265: 260: 255:North, p. 7. 251: 223: 204: 189: 171: 167: 165: 158: 142: 134: 132: 111: 95: 93: 47: 46: 44: 38: 35: 30: 26: 216: [ 139:manuscripts 367:1190 works 361:Categories 244:References 94:While the 291:, p. 483. 100:Rhineland 81:Byzantium 180:Editions 124:Biblical 120:Latinity 188:(ed.), 151:Rahewin 108:Cologne 104:Iconium 77:Hungary 69:Antioch 168:Letter 135:Letter 96:Letter 89:Tarsus 85:Turkey 39:Letter 220:] 53:Latin 268:and 166:The 149:and 133:The 116:pope 83:and 45:The 363:: 316:^ 296:^ 277:^ 233:, 218:de 192:, 79:, 55:: 272:. 237:. 51:( 20:)

Index

Epistola de morte Friderici imperatoris
Latin
Frederick Barbarossa
Third Crusade
Antioch
Béla III of Hungary
Hungary
Byzantium
Turkey
Tarsus
Rhineland
Iconium
Cologne
pope
Latinity
Biblical
Godfrey of Würzburg
manuscripts
Otto I of Freising
Rahewin
monastery of Sittich
Narratio de itinere navali peregrinorum
Historia de expeditione Friderici imperatoris
Anton Chroust
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
Graham A. Loud
Franz-Josef Schmale
de
"Letter on the Sacred Expedition of the Emperor Frederick I"
The Haskins Society

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