Purposeful Pasts: Godfrey of Viterbo and Later Medieval Imperialist Thought

Abstract

Fra Salimbene of Parma's recollection of the shock which came upon him on learning of the death of Emperor Frederick II has justly become famous: When I heard this, I was horrified and could scarcely believe it. For I was a Joachimite, and I fully believed and even hoped that Frederick would do even greater wicked deeds in the future than he had yet done, numerous as his past evils had already been. 1 19