Cover of The Sicilian Vespers

The Sicilian Vespers

by Steven Runciman

1958 386 pages eng

History
Mediterranean region, history Catholicism Middle ages, history Europe, history Politics Civilization History

On March 30, 1282, the Sicilian townsfolk of Palermo slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. The massacre came at a climatic moment of thirteenth century Mediterranean history and its background is traced in this volume.

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