This is the first English translation of several original Latin texts describing the Battle of Benevento of 1266 that led to the demise of the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the rise of the House of Anjou in Italy. Deciding the fate not only of Italy but of Catholic Europe, and especially what are now Germany, Austria and Switzerland, this signal event resulted in the victory of Guelphs over Ghibellines and the rise of Papal influence. Henceforth,...
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