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The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom and was with infinite difficulty resolved. This was the age of Dante, Boccaccio, and ...

The Wars of the Roses, spanning from 1377 to 1471, were a tumultuous series of English civil wars fought for the throne of England, pitting two rival cadet branches of the House of Plantagenet—Lancaster and York—against each other. Scottish historian Robert Balmain Mowat (1883-1941) poignantly describes this era as witnessing the death of the old England and the beginning of the new. Amidst this chaos emerged formidable personalities the noble Richard of York, the cunning Warwick the Kingmaker, the multifaceted King Edward IV, and his fierce adversary, Margaret of Anjou, known as the true ...

Step back into a transformative era in Western Europe as Scottish historian Robert Balmain Mowat eloquently describes the tumultuous transition that began with the death of Emperor Frederick II. This period marked the end of a golden age in German history, giving rise to feudal territories that became nearly hereditary sovereignties and Free Imperial Cities that functioned as independent states. Amidst the confusion, a vibrant commercial life blossomed within these city-states, echoing the cultural richness found in Italy. It was a time defined by the Great Schism that fractured Christendom, ...