The Sicilian Vespers

Steven Runciman First published 1958

About this book

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

  • catholicism
  • civilization
  • europe, history
  • histoire
  • history
  • mediterranean region, history
  • middle ages, history
  • politics
  • siciliaanse vespers
  • sicilian vespers, italy, 1282
  • sicily (italy), history
  • sizilianische vesper
  • vêpres siciliennes (1282)