The Sicilian Vespers : a history of the Mediterranean world in the later thirteenth century.
Author
- Runciman, Steven 1903-2000.
Series
- Pelican books ; no A480
- Canto classics
- Canto classics.
Edition
- 1st paperback ed.
Published
- Cambridge [England] : University Press 1958
Physical description
xiii, 355 pages illustrations, portraits, maps (1 folded), genealogical tables 22 cm
ISBN
- 0521437741
- 9780521437745
- 0521286522
- 9780521286527
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-338).
- D: Anon.
Contents
- ch. I. Death of antichrist -- ch. II. Hohenstaufen inheritance -- ch. III. Across the Adriatic -- ch. IV. Search for a king: Edmund of England -- ch. V. Search for a king: Charles of Anjou -- ch. VI. Angevin Invasion -- ch. VII. Conradin -- ch. VIII. King Charles of Sicily -- ch. IX. Mediterranean Empire -- ch. X. Pope Gregory X -- ch. XI. Angevin revival -- ch. XII. great conspiracy -- ch. XIII. Vespers -- ch. XIV. Duel between the kings -- ch. XV. End of King Charles -- ch. XVI. Vespers and the fate of Sicily -- ch. XVII. Vespers and the fate of Europe.
Subject
- Anjou (famille d')
- Charles I King of Naples 1226-1285.
- Catholic Church Government.
- 1194-1282
- Sicilian Vespers, Italy, 1282.
- Sizilianische Vesper
- 13e siècle
- Sizilianische Vesper.
- Civilization, Medieval 13th century
- Papacy History.
- Catholicism history.
- Politics history.
- Sicilian Vespers, 1282.
- Sicilian Vespers, Italy, 1282.
- Sicily History 1189-1282
- Mediterranean region History
- Sicilian Vespers, Italy, 1282
- History.
- Middle Ages.
- 13th Century.
- Relations.
- Rebellion.
- Sicilian Vespers Sicily History 13th century.
- Vêpres siciliennes, Italie, 1282.
- ITALY - GENERAL:HISTORY
- ITALY - LOCAL
- Italy
- Sicily, Italy
- Sicily (Italy) History 1194-1282.
- Mediterranean Region History.
- Sicile (Italie) Histoire 1194-1282.
- Méditerranée, Région de la Histoire.
- Italy.
- Italy Sicily.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Sicily (Italy) History 1180-1282.
- Mediterranean Region History 12th-13th centuries.
- Sicile (Italie, royaume)
- Méditerranée (bassin)
- Europe History 476-1492
- Sicily (Italy) History 1282-1409
- Sicily (Italy) History 1189-1282.
- Latin Orient.
- Mediterranean region History to 1500.
- Mediterranean Region Civilization.
- Sicily (Italy) History 1194-1282.
- Mediterranean Region History.
- Sicily History 1194-1282 1194-1282.
- Mediterranean Region History.
- Sicily (Italy) History 1194-1282.
- Mediterranean Region History.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Europe.
- Sicily (Italy)
- Sicily (Italy) History 1282-1409.
- Europe History 476-1492.
- Italy History 1268-1492
- France.
- Sicily History 1189-1282.
- Sicily History 1282-1409.
- Sicily History 1194-1282.
- Mediterranean region History, 640-1900
- Europe. 10th-15th Centuries
- Sicily
- Mediterranean
- Mediterranean region 1250-1300
- 1250-1300
- Mediterranean region,
- 11030 Mediterranean region 1250-1300
Other names
- Newton, Peter Anthony [provenance]
Genre
- History.
- text
Language
- English
Summary
- On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing for Vespers, the Sicilian townsfolk, crying 'Death to the French', slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. Seen in historical perspective it was not an especially big massacre: the revolt of the long-subjugated Sicilians might seem just another resistance movement. But the events of 1282 came at a crucial moment. Steven Runciman takes the Vespers as the climax of a great narrative sweep covering the whole of the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century. His sustained narrative power is displayed here with concentrated brilliance in the rise and fall of this fascinating episode. This is also an excellent guide to the historical background to Dante's Divine Comedy, forming almost a Who's Who of the political figures in it, and providing insight into their placement in Hell, Paradise or Purgatory.
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