The terms of the Caltabellota treaty made it clear that the Angevins had not renounced claims to Sicily. The Spaniards and French went at it
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Frederick II, of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was given this nickname: Stupor Mundi– Wonder of the World. He began his rule in 1198 and lasted until
William, ‘the Bad’, took over in 1154. What prompted the nickname ‘the bad’? He suffered from two main misfortunes: the first is that he was
With the Normans, Sicily would come into her golden age. Unfortunately for Sicily, that golden age ended 800 years ago. In 911, Rollo, a Viking,
This book was written by British historian John Julius Norwich. I will attempt to cover the chapters one at a time, other than this first
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Problems in the pro-Palestinian portrayals There is a currently, at least in the posts I run across, a heavily skewed bias in favor of the Palestinian
1 Cities and Communes Communal Italy generally refers to the urbanized areas in Lombardy and Tuscany during this time. Self-governing communes emerged around 1080-1120. But by