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Imperial City
Imperial City
By Richie Hofmann From the outset I hated the city of my ancestors. I was fearful I’d be put in the dungeon below the cathedral. The best example of the Romanesque a guide was saying in German in English in French where are buried eight German kings four queens twenty-three bishops four Holy Roman Emperors all of whom used this bishopric on the river as the seat of the kingdom. On the old gate at one end a clock told an ancient form of time. I sulked along behind my parents as the guide gave facts about the war with the Saracens about the place where the Jews bathed about the child like me whose father the Peaceful having already produced an heir by his first marriage could marry for love.
Imperial City
By Richie Hofmann From the beginning, I disliked the city of my ancestors. I was afraid I would be imprisoned in the dungeon below the cathedral. The finest example of Romanesque architecture a guide was speaking in German, in English, in French where eight German kings and four queens are buried twenty-three bishops and four Holy Roman Emperors all of whom used this bishopric by the river as the center of the kingdom. On the old gate at one end, a clock showed an ancient way of telling time. I walked sulkily behind my parents as the guide shared facts about the war with the Saracens, about the place where the Jews bathed about the child like me whose father, the Peaceful, having already had an heir from his first marriage, could marry for love.