Editing Frederick Barbarossa (section)

===Artistic depictions===
[[File:Friedrich I. Barbarossa (Christian Siedentopf, 1847).jpg|thumb|right|Painting of Friedrich I. Barbarossa (Christian Siedentopf, 1847)]]
* In [[Victor Hugo]]'s romantic play ''[[Les Burgraves]]'' (1843), Frederick (as character Frédéric de Hohenstaufen) returns many years after he was presumed dead, as expected by some medieval legends.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French|last=France|first=Peter|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1995|isbn=9780198661252|url=https://archive.org/details/newoxfordcompani00fran}}</ref>
* [[Cyrus Townsend Brady]]'s ''Hohenzollern; a Story of the Time of Frederick Barbarossa'' (1901) begins with a dedication to "the descendants of the great Germanic race who in Europe, in America, and in the Far East rule the world".<ref name="hohenzollern_big_a04">{{harvp|Brady|1901}}</ref>
* ''[[Land of Unreason]]'' (1941), by [[L. Sprague de Camp]] and [[Fletcher Pratt]], mentions the castle of the Kyffhäuser.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=de Camp|first1=Sprague|title=Land of Unreason|last2=Pratt|first2=Fletcher|publisher=Dell Publishing Co.|year=1979|isbn=0-440-14736-0|location=New York|page=177}}</ref>
* [[Umberto Eco]]'s novel ''[[Baudolino]]'' (2000) is set partly at Frederick's court, and also deals with the mystery of Frederick's death. The imaginary hero, Baudolino, is the Emperor's adopted son and confidant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/19/fiction.asbyatt|title=Here be monsters: AS Byatt is entertained yet baffled by Umberto Eco's latest novel, Baudolino, an uneasy mixture of history and fantasy|last=Byatt|first=AS|date=18 October 2002|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
* In the 2009 movie ''[[Barbarossa (film)|Barbarossa]]'' (also titled ''Sword of War'' and ''Barbarossa: Siege Lord''), Barbarossa is one of the main characters, played by [[Rutger Hauer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sword of War |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242516/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706064657/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242516/ |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2025 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
* The German broadcaster [[Deutsche Welle]] (DW) 2018 documentary (The Germans), featured Frederick I in its 3rd of 6 episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/the-germans/a-43362238 |title=The Germans |publisher=Deutsche Wells}}</ref>
* Recently, to commemorate the emperor, the Supply Battalion 131 (called "Battalion Barbarossa") of the Kyffhäuser barracks ({{lang|de|Kyffhäuser-Kaserne, [[Bundeswehr]]}}) built a huge [[Geoglyph|ground artwork]]<!--https://images.bild.de/62ed01bb60a3e73b21ea4020/4452626f023ca5e4751e5bd85eaa4132,99af8680?w=992 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805144801/https://images.bild.de/62ed01bb60a3e73b21ea4020/4452626f023ca5e4751e5bd85eaa4132,99af8680?w=992 |date=5 August 2022 }}--> in [[Bad Frankenhausen]], which uses among other things 300 roles of fabric (each 100 meters long). The mission was named {{lang|de|Rotbart}} ("Redbeard").<ref>{{cite news |title=Mission "Rotbart" am Kyffhäuser: Bundeswehr baut Barbarossa-Bodenbild |url=https://www.bild.de/regional/thueringen/thueringen-aktuell/mission-rotbart-am-kyffhaeuser-bundeswehr-baut-barbarossa-bodenbild-80917130.bild.html |access-date=15 August 2022 |work=bild.de |language=de}}</ref>
* In the video game series, ''[[Civilization (series)|Sid Meier's Civilization]]'', Barbarossa makes an appearance as a playable leader in ''[[Civilization VI]]''.