See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

GODFREY OF See also:

• VITERBO

VITERBO (c. 1120-C. 1196)  , chronicler, was probably an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, although some authorities assert that he was a Saxon . He evidently passed some of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life at See also:

• VITERBO

Viterbo, where also he spent his concluding days, but he was educated at See also:

• BAMBERG

Bamberg, gaining a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good knowledge of Latin . About 1140 he became See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad III.; but the greater See also:

• PART

part of his life was spent as secretary (notarius) in the service of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I., who appears to have thoroughly trusted him, and who employed -him on many See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic errands . Incessantly occupied, he visited See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in addition to many of the German cities, in the emperor's interests, and was by his See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side during several of the Italian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . Both before and after Frederick's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1190 he enjoyed the favour of his son, the emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VI., for whom he wrote his See also:

• SPECULUM

Speculum regum, a See also:

• WORK

work of very little value . See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey also wrote Memoria seculorum, or See also:

• LIBER

Liber memoriails, a See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle dedicated to Henry VI., which professes to See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• WORLD

world from the creation until 1185 . It is written partly in See also:

• PROSE

prose and partly in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . A revision of this work was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by Godfrey himself as See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon, or Universitatis libri qui chronici appellantur . The author borrowed from See also:

• OTTO

Otto of See also:

• FREISING

Freising, but the earlier part of his chronicle is full of imaginary occurrences . Pantheon was first printed in 1559, and extracts from it are published by L . A . See also:

• MURATORI

Muratori in the Rerum Italicarum script ores, tome vii .

(See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1725) . The only part of Godfrey's work which is valuable is the Gesta Friderici I., verses See also:

• RELATING

relating events in the emperor's career from 1155 to 1180 . Concerned mainly with affairs in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, the poem tells of the sieges of Milan, of Frederick's See also:

• FLIGHT

flight to See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia in 1167, of the treaty with See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander III. at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, and of other stirring episodes with which the author was intimately acquainted, and many of which he had witnessed . Attached to the Gesta Friderici is the Gesta Heinrici VI., a shorter poem which is often attributed to Godfrey, although W . See also:

• WATTENBACH, WILHELM (1819–1897)

Wattenbach and other authorities think it was not written by him . The Memoria seculorum was very popular during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, and has been continued by several writers . Godfrey's See also:

• WORKS

works are found .in the Monumenta Germaniae historica, See also:

• BAND

Band xxi' . (See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, 1872) . The Gesta Friderici I. et Ileinrici VI. is published separately with an introduction by G . See also:

• WAITZ, GEORG (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

Waitz (Hanover, 1872) . See also H . Ulmann, Gotfried von Viterbo (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1863), and W .

Wattenbach, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen, Band ii . (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1894) . (A . W .