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The Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily: Politics, Religion, and Economy in the Reign of Frederick III, 1296-1337

By Clifford R. Backman

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0521496640, 9780521496643, 9780511523090, 9780521521819, 0521521815
LCC
DG867.5 .B33 1995
Open Library ID
OL1121563M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7264421 bytes)
Pages
374\374
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

This is the first detailed study of Sicilian life in the reign of Frederick III (1296-1337), a period that marked Sicily's transition from a bustling and prosperous Mediterranean emporium to a poor backwater torn apart by violence. This book, by focusing on Frederick III's crucial reign, argues that there were many more things "wrong" with Sicilian life than just the shape of its overseas trade relations. Placing itself between those who blame the foreigners and those who blame the Sicilians themselves, it shows that an entire nexus of factors and influences were at work in unravelling Sicilian life. It also demonstrates that these forces can be seen best in the forty years that followed Sicily's liberation from foreign control in the bloody war of the "Sicilian Vespers."

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