A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . assed hemade peace with Philip IV. of France by surrendering to him the 324 GERMANY TnASSFOllilED, U72-1327. ancient imperial possessions of Burgundy and Lyons, which theFrench king had illegally occupied. Henry VII. negotiated withPope Clement V., Avho finally promised to crown him emperor atRome. It is signihcant of the feeling of the German realm as suchtowards Henrys Italian expedition, that it took no part in it what-ever. Only his relatives and friends, liis personal vassals and liege-men, joined the
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . assed hemade peace with Philip IV. of France by surrendering to him the 324 GERMANY TnASSFOllilED, U72-1327. ancient imperial possessions of Burgundy and Lyons, which theFrench king had illegally occupied. Henry VII. negotiated withPope Clement V., Avho finally promised to crown him emperor atRome. It is signihcant of the feeling of the German realm as suchtowards Henrys Italian expedition, that it took no part in it what-ever. Only his relatives and friends, liis personal vassals and liege-men, joined the king in his private venture. The condition, however, of Italian affairs excluded success fromthe verj- beginning. The peninsula had been the prey of internalstrife ever since the downfall of the Hohenstaufen power. The ruleof Charles of Anjou (1260-128-t) was an unbearable burden for thesouth. In despair Sicilj- threw off the yoke in the massacre of theFrench intruders known as the Sicilian Vespers, in 1282, and suc-cessfully maintained its freedom, under the protection of the kings.
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