The Triumph Of The Emperor Maximilian I Triumph Of The Emperor Maximilian I With Woodcuts

Author : Hans Burgkmair
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330212684
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian I written by Hans Burgkmair and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian I: With Woodcuts The Emperor Maximilian I. was born A.D. 1459, and succeeded to the throne of his ancestors in 1493 as head of the Holy Roman Empire. His father, Frederick III., weak, incapable, and treacherous, transmitted to his son an impoverished, degraded, and dismembered empire. Frederick was the last of the Emperors crowned at Rome; and although he commenced his reign by summoning the Council of Basle, which proposed reforms in the Church, the emissaries of Rome having persuaded him that his interests lay in an opposite direction, he deserted the Council, and took sides with the Pope. It happened thus, - being a trifler in literature, he was charmed with the elegant poetry and free novels of the secretary to the Council, Pius Æneas Silvius Piccolomini, and he placed on the brows of this adventurer, with much solemnity and ceremonial, the poet's wreath. The Emperor returned home, and was followed by Silvius, who was deputed by the Council to confer with him on the projected reforms. He transferred his services from the Council to the Empire, and Frederick, having made him his private secretary, sent him to Rome to urge the Pope to submit to the Diet. His versatile talents and capacity for intrigue being at once recognized, he was induced to desert the Emperor and become an ecclesiastic. He addressed himself to Caspar Schlick, the imperial chancellor. Frederick, now as ever the tool of others, was persuaded to oppose the Diet and stifle the reforms projected by the Council. He concluded a concordat with Nicholas V., which rendered him despised and hated by the opponents of Rome. The art of printing coming into use about this time, rendered the art of reigning more difficult, especially to a monarch like Frederick, deficient in money and troops. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.