Kings And Queens In Sicily
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Kings And Queens In Sicily
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Author : Riccardo Francaviglia
language : en
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Release Date : 2018
Kings And Queens In Sicily written by Riccardo Francaviglia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Land Of Manfred Prince Of Tarentum And King Of Sicily
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Author : Janet Ross
language : en
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Release Date : 1889
The Land Of Manfred Prince Of Tarentum And King Of Sicily written by Janet Ross and has been published by London : J. Murray this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Italy categories.
Queen Joanna I Of Naples Sicily And Jerusalem Countess Of Provence Forcalquier And Piedmont
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Author : Welbore St. Clair Baddeley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Queen Joanna I Of Naples Sicily And Jerusalem Countess Of Provence Forcalquier And Piedmont written by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Naples (Italy) categories.
Queens Of Sicily 1061 1266
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Author : Jacqueline Alio
language : en
Publisher: Trinacria Editions LLC
Release Date : 2019-06-11
Queens Of Sicily 1061 1266 written by Jacqueline Alio and has been published by Trinacria Editions LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-11 with Law categories.
Eighteen women. Eighteen stories. Each one unique. Some never told before. They are the semi-forgotten women of European medieval history. This is the first compendium of detailed scholarly biographies of the countesses and queens of the Kingdom of Sicily during the Hauteville and Hohenstaufen reigns, based on original research in medieval charters, chronicles and letters, augmented by extensive on-site research at castles, cathedrals and towns across Europe. The multicultural Kingdom of Sicily described here encompassed the island and nearly half of the Italian peninsula. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms of Europe and the Mediterranean. Its queens came from Italy, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece and elsewhere, constituting a cosmopolitan sisterhood. The book includes eighteen biographies of varying length and such details as original translations from medieval records (in Latin and Sicilian). It contains twenty pages of maps, two dozen genealogical tables, photos of royal charters and other manuscripts, pictures of places the author visited while researching this work, a detailed timeline, over seven hundred endnotes and a lengthy index. Reflecting research in several countries, this is a peer-reviewed monograph in the Sicilian Medieval Studies series. The volume is printed on off-white, acid-free paper. It is a useful, informative reference for scholars yet highly readable for armchair historians. Any chapter of this volume would be suitable as an academic paper were it published as an article in a scholarly journal. Particularly lengthy and interesting are the chapters on Judith of Evreux, Joanna of England and Constance of Sicily. The longest, most detailed chapter is the one dedicated to Margaret of Navarre, drawn largely from the author's biography of that queen published in 2016. An insightful introduction considers Sicily's queens in the context of Italian history and the larger field of women's studies. This book is pure, traditional biography, always fascinating in itself. A consideration of queenship, though present, is kept to a minimum, and the feminism speaks for itself. This is not a tiresome tome but the erudite treatment of a subject that is entrancing in its own right, without the need for endless, often circular, commentary and analysis. The lives of these women were anything but boring. As regent, and the most powerful woman in Europe, Margaret jailed her suspected enemies without so much as a second thought. Joanna went on crusade, oversaw a siege, and ordered the torture of the archer who killed her brother, Richard the Lionhearted. Living in Palermo, the former kingdom's royal capital, affords the author a closer, more personal view of the experience of these women than one gets from a historian writing thousands of miles away. While most scholars writing in English about Sicilian history undertake brief research trips to the island, Jackie Alio's intimate familiarity with the place and its culture benefits the work and the reader at every step. It is rare indeed to read a book about Sicily written in English by somebody fluent not only in English, Italian, French and Spanish but also Sicilian. Among the wealth of material included is an original translation of the poem of Ciullo of Alcamo, the longest surviving example of the romantic court poetry of the Sicilian School, accompanied by the Medieval Sicilian text. Included with the 'extra' features is information on the crown of Queen Constance (shown on the cover) and the reliquary pendant worn by Queen Margaret. This is a landmark work. Until now, most of what has been published about most of these women, even in Italian, has been superficial. It cannot be overemphasized that this book is an epic in its field. Until now, anybody seeking to read about these women had to consult numerous books and hard-to-find articles to get this information. Has anybody in living memory met a Queen of Sicily outside the pages of a book? An unusual feature of this volume is a previously-unpublished interview of a royal princess who knew Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies, Sicily's last queen consort, who died in 1925, a detail that reminds the reader that the kingdom described in these pages survived in some form into the nineteenth century. This book is a unique, long-awaited contribution to the field of royal medieval biography. It fills a gaping void in the subfield of reginal studies and the study of southern Italy, and indeed medieval Europe generally. No other work ever published has presented such accurate, informative biographies of all of the queens of Sicily during Norman and Swabian rule. Many studies are informative. This one is an enlightening journey with some very special women.
The Kingdom Of Sicily 1130 1860
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Author : Louis Mendola
language : en
Publisher: Trinacria Editions LLC
Release Date : 2015-10-05
The Kingdom Of Sicily 1130 1860 written by Louis Mendola and has been published by Trinacria Editions LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with History categories.
This lively narrative traces the history of Sicily from the foundation of its multicultural kingdom under the Normans in the twelfth century to the end of its baroque monarchy in the nineteenth, with framing chapters covering the periods before and afterward. Here, in a captivating text, a leading historian tells the complex yet fascinating story of the world's most conquered, most contested island. Accompanied by numerous maps, pedigree charts and a lengthy chronology, this is a rare journey into understanding, and a solid reference.
A Thousand Years In Sicily
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Author : Giuseppe Quatriglio
language : en
Publisher: Legas / Gaetano Cipolla
Release Date : 1991
A Thousand Years In Sicily written by Giuseppe Quatriglio and has been published by Legas / Gaetano Cipolla this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Sicily
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Author : John Julius Norwich
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-05-07
Sicily written by John Julius Norwich and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-07 with History categories.
'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in this beautiful book full of maps and colour photographs. 'I discovered Sicily almost by mistake . . .We drove as far as Naples, then put the car on the night ferry to Palermo. There was a degree of excitement in the early hours when we passed Stromboli, emitting a rich glow every half-minute or so like an ogre puffing on an immense cigar; and a few hours later, in the early morning sunshine, we sailed into the Conca d'Oro, the Golden Shell, in which the city lies. Apart from the beauty of the setting, I remember being instantly struck by a change in atmosphere. The Strait of Messina is only a couple of miles across and the island is politically part of Italy; yet somehow one feels that one has entered a different world . . . This book is, among other things, an attempt to analyse why this should be.' The stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, at once a stronghold, clearing-house and observation post, Sicily has been invaded and fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spaniards and the French for thousands of years. It has belonged to them all - and yet has properly been part of none. John Julius Norwich was inspired to become a writer by his first visit in 1961 and this book is the result of a fascination that has lasted over half a century. In tracing its dark story, he attempts to explain the enigma that lies at the heart of the Mediterranean's largest island. This vivid short history covers everything from erupting volcanoes to the assassination of Byzantine emperors, from Nelson's affair with Emma Hamilton to Garibaldi and the rise of the Mafia. Taking in the key buildings and towns, and packed with fascinating stories and unforgettable characters, Sicily is the book he was born to write.
Sicilian Queenship
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Author : Jacqueline Alio
language : en
Publisher: Trinacria Editions LLC
Release Date : 2020-03
Sicilian Queenship written by Jacqueline Alio and has been published by Trinacria Editions LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03 with Queens categories.
This supplement to the author's groundbreaking compendium, Queens of Sicily 1061-1266, brings us further insight into the lives and times of the earliest countesses and queens of Sicily, introducing a few topics and details considered here for the first time. Chapters are dedicated to such subjects as: the queens' use of power in suppressing adversaries, reginal patronage, reginal titles and heraldry, words spoken by the queens, court cuisine, court poetry, places identified with the queens, the queens as part of Sicilian cultural identity, and more. A chapter also lists current work in the field by various historians. This book begins a new conversation in Sicilian women's studies.
Elionor Of Sicily 1325 1375
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Author : Donald J. Kagay
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-05-19
Elionor Of Sicily 1325 1375 written by Donald J. Kagay and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Elionor of Sicily, 1325–1375: A Mediterranean Queen’s Life of Family, Administration, Diplomacy, and War follows Elionor of Sicily, the third wife of the important Aragonese king, Pere III. Despite the limited amount of personal information about Elionor, the large number of Sicilian, Catalan, and Aragonese chronicles as well as the massive amount of notarial evidence drawn from eastern Spanish archives has allowed Donald Kagay to trace Elionor’s extremely active life roles as a wife and mother, a queen, a frustrated sovereign, a successful administrator, a supporter of royal war, a diplomat, a feudal lord, a fervent backer of several religious orders, and an energetic builder of royal sites. Drawing from the correspondence between the queen and her husband, official papers and communiques, and a vast array of notarial documents, the book casts light on the many phases of the queen’s life.
Elionor Of Sicily 1325 1375
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Author : Donald J. Kagay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Elionor Of Sicily 1325 1375 written by Donald J. Kagay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Elionor of Sicily, 1325-1375: A Mediterranean Queen's Life of Family, Administration, Diplomacy, and War follows Elionor of Sicily, the third wife of the important Aragonese king, Pere III. Despite the limited amount of personal information about Elionor, the large number of Sicilian, Catalan, and Aragonese chronicles as well as the massive amount of notarial evidence drawn from eastern Spanish archives has allowed Donald Kagay to trace Elionor's extremely active life roles as a wife and mother, a queen, a frustrated sovereign, a successful administrator, a supporter of royal war, a diplomat, a feudal lord, a fervent backer of several religious orders, and an energetic builder of royal sites. Drawing from the correspondence between the queen and her husband, official papers and communiques, and a vast array of notarial documents, the book casts light on the many phases of the queen's life. .
