Frederick Barbarossa, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Frederick I, shi ne Sarkin Roma Mai Tsarki daga 1155 har zuwa mutuwarsa shekaru 35 bayan haka.An zabe shi Sarkin Jamus a Frankfurt a ranar 4 ga Maris 1152 kuma aka nada shi sarauta a Aachen a ranar 9 ga Maris 1152. Masana tarihi sun yi la'akari da shi a cikin manyan sarakunan Daular Rome mai tsarki.Ya haɗu da halayen da suka sa ya zama kamar mutum mai ƙarfi ga mutanen zamaninsa: tsawon rayuwarsa, burinsa, ƙwarewarsa na ban mamaki a cikin tsari, gwanintar fagen fama da ficewar sa na siyasa.Gudunmawar da ya bayar ga al'umma da al'adun Turai ta Tsakiya sun haɗa da sake kafa Corpus Juris Civilis, ko tsarin dokokin Romawa, wanda ya daidaita ikon Paparoma wanda ya mamaye jihohin Jamus tun bayan kammala takaddamar Investiture.A lokacin da Frederick ya daɗe yana zama a Italiya, sarakunan Jamus sun yi ƙarfi kuma suka fara cin nasara na mulkin mallaka na ƙasashen Slavic.Bayar da rangwamen haraji da ayyuka na ma'aikata sun jawo hankalin Jamusawa da yawa su zauna a gabas a cikin Ostsiedlung.A cikin 1163 Frederick ya yi nasarar yaƙi da Masarautar Poland don sake shigar da sarakunan Silesian na daular Piast.Tare da mulkin mallaka na Jamus, daular ta karu da girma kuma ta zo ya haɗa da Duchy na Pomerania.Rayuwar tattalin arziki mai sauri a Jamus ta ƙara yawan garuruwa da biranen Imperial, kuma ya ba su mahimmanci.Har ila yau, a wannan lokacin ne manyan gidaje da kotuna suka maye gurbin gidajen ibada a matsayin cibiyoyin al'adu.Daga 1165, Frederick ya bi manufofin tattalin arziki don ƙarfafa ci gaba da kasuwanci.Babu shakka cewa mulkinsa lokaci ne na babban ci gaban tattalin arziki a Jamus, amma ba zai yiwu ba a yanzu a iya tantance ko nawa ke bin manufofin Frederick.Ya rasu akan hanyar zuwa kasa mai tsarki a lokacin yakin Crusade na uku .