Sicily's Rebellion against King Charles: The Story of the Sicilian Vespers by John of Procida - Paperback
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Sicily's Rebellion against King Charles: The Story of the Sicilian Vespers by John of Procida
This is the first English translation of this work written in Sicilian around 1290 as a memoir by John of Procida, sometime chancellor of Frederick II, the distinguished monarch who died in 1250. It is the earliest known narrative written in the medieval Sicilian vernacular and a significant literary landmark. Included are the original text and explanatory notes, a glossary, maps, genealogical...
Louis Mendola is one of Sicily's foremost medievalists, and one of the very few whose work is known beyond Italian borders. His first scholarly paper (on the Battle of Benevento of 1266) was published in 1985; others consider such topics as the history of the medieval Normans in Sicily. He wrote the first book covering the entire seven-century history of the Kingdom of Sicily, and the first...
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