A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ^Impatdr (omdwr müft^mtma Fig. 147. — Henry VII. as emperor. Above he returns from his coronation, and ismet by a deputation of Jews. Below he is at a banquet in the open air. He sitsupon an elevated seat; at his side the three cardinals who crowned him ; in frontis the archbishop of Treves (left): and Rudolf of Bavaria, count-palatine (right).(Codex Balduini Trevirensis.) 330 GERMANY TRANSFORMED, 1272-13-;. whom Henry VII. had strengthened maintained their position;among these were Matteo Visconti, who, w
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ^Impatdr (omdwr müft^mtma Fig. 147. — Henry VII. as emperor. Above he returns from his coronation, and ismet by a deputation of Jews. Below he is at a banquet in the open air. He sitsupon an elevated seat; at his side the three cardinals who crowned him ; in frontis the archbishop of Treves (left): and Rudolf of Bavaria, count-palatine (right).(Codex Balduini Trevirensis.) 330 GERMANY TRANSFORMED, 1272-13-;. whom Henry VII. had strengthened maintained their position;among these were Matteo Visconti, who, with Milan as a basis, ruledalso Pavia and Como, and Cane della Scala, who ruled in Vicenzaand Verona. But Germany had to suffer most severely from the mistakenpolicy of the emperor. The contest for the throne which raged therefor years was, as it were, the answer of the Anjous and France tothe German interference south of the Alps. Little as the kingdom. Im. I4tH. — Sarcopliagus ü£ Kiiipei-di- Henry VII. in the Campo .SanUi in Modern inscription. had been a party to the undertaking of Henry VII., the possibilitynevertheless existed that a German Idng chosen by the Luxemburgparty would follow out the lines of his policy. But Germany wasto be excluded once for all from Italy. Therefore Robert of Naplesdemanded of the pope not to allow a new royal election in Ger-many, or, at least, not to crown emperor any one mIio might beelected. Robert took a more effective step when he had Clement him with the imperial regency in Italy, so as to deprive theempire of the last remnants of its j)ossessions and rights. DOVliLE ELECTION OF EMPEROR. 331 In Germany the party of the Ilapsburgs thouglit they could usethese complications to attain to royal power again. All the enemiesof the Luxemburgs gathered around Alberts sons, Frederick andLeopold. Among them were Henry of Carinthia, the deposed kuigof Bohemia; the Rhine count-palatine
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