. The age of Hildebrand. 2 20 Age of Hildebrand. pastoral types furnished by the apostolic see; and init he admonished Eugenius to cultivate the quahtiesbecoming a minister of Jesus Christ, reminding himthat he must soon render his account to God for hisadministration of the vast trust committed to died in 1153, about a year after sending thisbook to the Pope. Eugenius left Rome in June, not to return until1152. Conrad finally decided upon an expeditionto Rome in order to receive the imperial crown; buthis plans were cut short by his death in February,1152. He was the only German s
. The age of Hildebrand. 2 20 Age of Hildebrand. pastoral types furnished by the apostolic see; and init he admonished Eugenius to cultivate the quahtiesbecoming a minister of Jesus Christ, reminding himthat he must soon render his account to God for hisadministration of the vast trust committed to died in 1153, about a year after sending thisbook to the Pope. Eugenius left Rome in June, not to return until1152. Conrad finally decided upon an expeditionto Rome in order to receive the imperial crown; buthis plans were cut short by his death in February,1152. He was the only German sovereign sinceOtto I. who had not been crowned Emperor—a factwhich in no wise impaired his power. Every imper-ial coronation had brought bloodshed in its train; butif patriotic Romans might congratulate themselvesthat they had not been visited by a German expedi-tion for fifteen years, they were yet obliged to con-fess that never, as during those fifteen years, hadItaly been so disunited and so harassed with CHAPTER XXI. BARBAROSSA—HADRIAN IV.—WILLIAM OF SICILY— BARBAROSSA AND THE ROMANS — THEGAUNTLET THROWN DOWN TO THE POPE. ONRADS successor was his nephew, theHohenstaufen Frederick I. or Barbarossa,who was elected by the princes at Frank-fort, in March, 1152, and was crowned at Aix. In him the empire found a ruler worthy to be named with Charlemagne or Otto theGreat. He was but thirty-one years old, but wasalready famous for his achievements, and his electionwas approved by all Germany. He aimed at some-thing higher than the reconciliation of family quar-rels. He was determined to restore to the empirethe power of Charlemagne. He was prepared toassert in the strongest terms, not only in Germanybut in Italy, the imperial prerogative as derived fromGod and not from the Pope, and his absolute inde-pendence of the chair of St. Peter. Immediately upon his election he sent to the Poperequesting him to participate in his coronation. Hepromised obedience to the
Size: 1447px × 1726px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, booksubjectchurchhistory, initial, initialc
