| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Series |
The Medieval World |
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Medieval world.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Genealogical Tables; Editor's Preface; Author's Preface; PART ONE THIRTEENTH-CENTURY CHALLENGES; CHAPTER 1 The Origins of the Sicilian Kingdom; The lure of the South; Land and people; The Norman state; The coming of the Hohenstaufen; Frederick II; Frederick's inheritance in Italy; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 The Emergence of Aragon-Catalonia; The coming together of Aragon and Catalonia; Peter II in southern France; James the Conqueror in Majorca; James the Conqueror in Valencia; James the Conqueror and France |
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The rise of BarcelonaConclusion; CHAPTER 3 The Rise and Fall of Charles of Anjou; The search for a champion; A Mediterranean empire in the making; Trouble at home; The aftermath of the revolt of the Vespers; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4 Politics and Religion in the Era of Ramon Llull; The triumph of Peter the Great; Peter's legacy; The three religions in Spain; Ramon Llull; Abraham Abulafia; Conclusion; PART TWO FOURTEENTH-CENTURY CRISES; CHAPTER 5 The Mediterranean in the Age of James II of Aragon; The end of the war of the Vespers; Charles II and the Eastern question; James the Honest, 1291-1327 |
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The Catalan Company in GreeceThe invasion of Sardinia; The golden age of Catalan trade; Conclusion; CHAPTER 6 Robert the Wise of Naples, 1309-43; Henry VII and the Italian crisis; Guelfs, Ghibellines and King Robert; The crusade against Sicily; The king and the bankers; A wise king: Robert and the arts; Conclusion; CHAPTER 7 Sicily and Southern Italy in an Age of Disorder; The island kingdom of Sicily in the fourteenth century; Southern Italy under Joanna I; The rise of the house of Anjou-Durazzo; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8 The End of the House of Barcelona; Peter the Ceremonious, 1336-87 |
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Martin the ElderThe Compromise of Caspe; Conclusion; PART THREE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY VICTORIES; CHAPTER 9 Alfonso the Magnanimous and the Fall of the House of Anjou; Joanna II, 'The Straw Queen'; René of Anjou; The conquest of Naples; The Catalan crisis; Conclusion; CHAPTER 10 Aragon in Italy and Spain, 1458-94; Ferrante of Naples; Recovery in Aragon; Conclusion; CHAPTER 11 The French Invasion of Italy, 1494-95; Tensions in Italy; The fall of Naples to the French; Conclusion; General Conclusion; Further Reading; Maps; Genealogical Tables; Index |
| Summary |
A pioneering account of the dynastic struggle between the kings of Aragon and the Angevin kings of Naples, which shaped the commercial as well as the political map of the Mediterranean and had a profound effect on the futures of Spain, France, Italy and Sicily. David Abulafia does it full justice, reclaiming from undeserved neglect one of the formative themes in the history of the Middle Ages |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bates, David
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| ISBN |
9781317897415 |
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1317897412 |
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