《最后的世界帝王》【内容简介】
神圣罗马帝国皇帝腓特烈二世是传奇的帝王,本书展现了他复杂多面的一生。他生于西西里,先为西西里国王,后成为德意志国王,进而登上神圣罗马帝国皇帝之位。他颇有统治手腕,重视法律,颁行《梅尔菲宪章》;经营建设西西里的堡垒防御网络,参加十字军战争;与苏丹谈判,兵不血刃拿下耶路撒冷。他多才多艺,爱好文学,资助西西里诗人群体;喜好研究鸟类,热衷驯隼狩猎。
在这些历史细节的基础上,本书论述了腓特烈二世的统治是建立“世界皇权”的最后一次尝试。他死后,虽然神圣罗马帝国走向分裂,但世界帝王的理念变成了特殊的政治遗产,影响了之后的德意志。
【著者简介】
奥拉夫·B.拉德(OlafB.Rader),德国历史学家,1961年生,曾在洪堡大学学习历史学和档案学,1991年获得博士学位。随后在巴登-巴登的西南德广播电视台任制片人,1992年起在柏林-勃兰登堡科学与人文学院日耳曼历史文献处任助理研究员,又任洪堡大学编外讲师,教授文化史,其著作有《坟墓与统治》等。
The Last Emperor of the World 【 Content Introduction 】
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II is a legendary emperor whose complex and multifaceted life is revealed in this book. Born in Sicily, he became king of Sicily, then King of Germany, and then Holy Roman Emperor. He was a man of rule and law, and he issued the Melfi Charter. Managed and built the Sicilian fortress defense network and participated in the Crusader wars; Negotiate with the Sultan, take Jerusalem without a fight. He was a man of many talents, a lover of literature, and a patron of Sicilian poets; He loves to study birds and hunt falcons.
On the basis of these historical details, the book argues that the reign of Frederick II was the last attempt to establish a "world imperial power." After his death, although the Holy Roman Empire was divided, the idea of a world emperor became a special political legacy that would influence later Germany.
【 Introduction of author 】
OlafB.Rader (born 1961) is a German historian who studied history and archival science at Humboldt University and received his doctorate in 1991. He then worked as a producer at the South West German Radio and Television in Baden-Baden and, since 1992, as a research assistant at the German Historical Documentation Department at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and as a part-time lecturer in cultural history at Humboldt University, where he is the author of the Tomb and the Reign.