Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250, credited to Lionel Allshorn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250 by Lionel Allshorn. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries "Stupor Mundi," the "astonishment of the world." Frequently at war with the papacy, which was hemmed in between Frederick's northern and southern Italian lands, he was excommunicated four times. Frederick spoke six languages and was an avid patron of the arts. He negotiated a peace treaty ending the sixth crusade, reigned over a cosmopolitan court at Palermo, and entrusted the administration of his southern kingdom to an efficient Muslim and Jewish bureaucracy. Allshorn writes that "around his name there gathered a glamour of strangeness and splendour, of genius soaring to perilous questionings of eternal truths, of unbreakable resolution and of unconquerable pride." - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250
• Author credits: Lionel Allshorn
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 8:13:41

Catalogue topics

• frederick barbarossa
• saracens
• emperor frederick ii
• pope innocent iii
• pope gregory ix
• pope innocent iv
• kingdom of the two sicilies
• fourth crusade

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - Ch. 1: A Heritage of Strife, Pt. 1 — 13:32
2. 02 - Ch. 1: A Heritage of Strife, Pt. 2 — 13:39
3. 03 - Ch. 2: The Child of Mother Church, Pt. 1 — 12:02
4. 04 - Ch. 2: The Child of Mother Church, Pt. 2 — 14:22
5. 05 - Ch. 3: The Adventure and the Goal, Pt. 1 — 14:11
6. 06 - Ch. 3: The Adventure and the Goal, Pt. 2 — 15:13
7. 07 - Ch. 4: King and Emperor, Pt. 1 — 18:09
8. 08 - Ch. 4: King and Emperor, Pt. 2 — 17:17
9. 09 - Ch. 5: The First Excommunication, Pt. 1 — 12:06
10. 10 - Ch. 5: The First Excommunication, Pt. 2 — 10:02
11. 11 - Ch. 6: The Excommunicate Crusader, Pt. 1 — 15:33
12. 12 - Ch. 6: The Excommunicate Crusader, Pt. 2 — 15:02
13. 13 - Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 1 — 15:09
14. 14 - Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 2 — 12:50
15. 15 - Ch. 7: The Years of Solace, Pt. 3 — 12:09
16. 16 - Ch. 8: The Rebellious Son, Pt. 1 — 12:46
17. 17 - Ch. 8: The Rebellious Son, Pt. 2 — 16:51
18. 18 - Ch. 9: The Conqueror — 19:10
19. 19 - Ch. 10: The Second Excommunication, Pt. 1 — 15:41
20. 20 - Ch. 10: The Second Excommunication, Pt. 2 — 13:50
21. 21 - Ch. 11: Fire and Sword, Pt. 1 — 11:41
22. 22 - Ch. 11: Fire and Sword, Pt. 2 — 13:11
23. 23 - Ch. 12: The Captured Council, Pt. 1 — 12:43
24. 24 - Ch. 12: The Captured Council, Pt. 2 — 15:06

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