Product Description
by Louis Mendola (Author)
This is the first history in English (in the original) of the Kingdom of Sicily from its foundation in 1130 until its demise in 1860 when it was integrated into the Kingdom of Italy. With a narrative covering the periods before and after as well as these eventful centuries, it includes a detailed bibliography, timeline and index, along with appendices on such topics as the nobility, along with maps and genealogical tables. This is a defining reference and an interesting read.
Author Biography
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 English translations of two chronicles of the thirteenth century. Having researched in Italy, Britain, Spain, Germany, France and the Vatican, he has been consulted by The History Channel, the BBC and The New York Times. Read by millions internationally, his online articles have made him one of the most popular Sicilian historians of the present century.
