1257 Earlier in that disastrous year Richard left for Aachen to be crowned King of the Romans, which was a […]
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Fool’s gold
1257 For his part, Henry started collecting gold, which he would need to finance an army in Sicily. Frederick had […]
Red hats and torture
The former Sinibaldo Fieschi, Innocent IV despised Frederick II and Robert Grosseteste in equal measure. He is remembered for introducing […]
Bankrolling the papal army
1254 The other piece of business the king concluded while in Gascony had to do with Sicily. Considered a rich […]
The unholy struggle
1240 Crusading was all the rage among the nobility of the 13th century. Simon returned to England alone in the […]