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Travels with a medieval queen / Mary Taylor Simeti.
Van Pelt Library DG847.16 .S58 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simeti, Mary Taylor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constance, Empress, consort of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1154-1198--Travel--Italy--Sicily.
- Constance.
- Constance, Empress, consort of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1154-1198.
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250.
- Travel.
- Italy--Sicily.
- Sicily (Italy)--History--1194-1282.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250--Birth.
- Frederick.
- Germany--History--Henry VI, 1190-1197.
- Germany.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001.
- Summary:
- This is the story of a modern journey in the footsteps of history as Simeti traces 12th-century clues to the inner life of Constance, a mother who was also a medieval queen. 155 photos, 10 in color.
- Contents:
- I The Dubbing at Pentecost
- 1 May 3
- 2 June 34
- 3 Jul 64
- II The Forest
- 4 August 93
- 5 September 114
- 6 October 139
- 7 November 160
- 8 December 186
- III The Future
- 9 January 209
- 10 February 226
- 11 March 244
- 12 April 265.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0374278784
- OCLC:
- 47013128
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