ILADELPHIA,
_Ascension Day_, 1867.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTORY
II. THE AMBUSCADE
III. CHANCELLOR RINALDO
IV. THE BATTLE
V. AFTER THE VICTORY
VI. THE COURT FOOL
VII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER
VIII. THE ABBOT CONRAD
IX. FILIAL DEVOTION
X. THE TEMPTER
XI. THE JOURNEY
XII. THE TOLL
XIII. CASTELLAMARE
XIV. THE SIEGE
XV. THE ANTIPOPE
XVI. THE EMPEROR'S SLAVE
XVII. AN EVIL SPIRIT
XVIII. CONFIDENTIAL SECRETS
XIX. THE CONSULS
XX. THE ASSAULT
XXI. THE EMPEROR'S POLICY
XXII. VANITY
XXIII. THE MEETING
XXIV. THE WALK
XXV. THE CAPTURE
XXVI. TREACHERY
XXVII. THE BETROTHAL
XXVIII. THE POPULACE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
XXIX. HUMILIATION
XXX. AMUSEMENTS
XXXI. AT RIVOLI
XXXII. ALEXANDER'S AMBASSADOR
XXXIII. A WARNING
XXXIV. THE DIVORCED DUCHESS
XXXV. LAON
XXXVI. KNAVERY
XXXVII. THE SPY
XXXVIII. THE QUEEN OF FRANCE
XXXIX. UNDER THE OAKS
XL. A TRUE BISHOP
XLI. A HARDENED SINNER
XLII. THE ABBEY OF CLUNY
XLIII. IN THE CLOISTER
XLIV. POPE ALEXANDER III.
XLV. A KNAVE'S STRATAGEM
XLVI. THE SERMON
XLVII. THE DUEL
XLVIII. THE TRIUMPH OF FORCE
XLIX. HERMENGARDE'S CONSTANCY
L. THE CONSPIRATORS
LI. THE TRIBUNE
LII. SEDITION
LIII. BARBAROSSA IN ROME
LIV. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
LV. THE HAND OF GOD
LVI. CONCLUSION

BARBAROSSA.

_CHAPTER I_.

_INTRODUCTORY_.

Towards the middle of the 12th century, Milan had conquered for herself
a powerful supremacy throughout all of Upper Italy, and with the
exception of the proud Genoa and the maritime Venetian republic, all
the cities of Lombardy acknowledged her sovereignty. Lodi, Pavia, and
some few of the neighboring towns, had made bold attempts to assert
their rights, but all their efforts were unsuccessful; and had only
resulted in riveting more tightly their fetters, while the pride of the
Milanese, and a desir