An edition of The Sicilian Vespers (1760)
The Sicilian Vespers
a history of the Mediterranean world in the later thirteenth century
By Steven Runciman
Publish Date
1960
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
eng
Pages
368
Description:
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.
subjects: History, Sicilian Vespers, Italy, 1282, Civilization, Sizilianische Vesper, Histoire, Middle ages, history, Mediterranean region, history, Europe, history, Vêpres siciliennes (1282), Siciliaanse Vespers, Catholicism, Politics, Sicily (italy), history
People: Medieval Europe
Places: Sicily (Italy), Mediterranean Region, Sicile (Italie)