nothing but the end pursued." The example set by the success of this kind of ruthlessness, was not lost on the future tyrants of late Middle Age and early Renaissance Italy. See also Ezzelini Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Guelphs and Ghibellines References Sources External links Summary of Ezzelino's deeds 1194 births 1259 deaths People from the Province of Padua Ezzelino 03 Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines People excommunicated by the Catholic Church 13th-century Italian nobility Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Characters in the Divine Comedy