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Sicilian Vespers


 

The Sicilian Vespers is the name given to a rebellion in Sicily, in 1282 against the rule of the Angevin king Charles I, who had taken control of the island with Papal support in 1266.

References

  • Steven Runciman (1958),The Sicilian Vespers, ISBN 0521437741 - Considered a classic of history.
  • Leonardo Bruni (1416), History of the Florentine People, Harvard, 2001, ISBN 0674005066 - Regarded as the first history book to be called "modern", and the first modern historian, it also happens to cover the events of this period.