Author:
Abulafia, David.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Descriptionxix, 300 p. : maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.
Note:First published by Pearson Education Limited in 1997. Previously published by Routledge in 2014.
Note:The origins of the Sicilian kingdom -- The emergence of Aragon-Catalonia -- The rise and fall of Charles of Anjou -- Politics and religion in the era of Ramon Llull -- The Mediterranean in the age of James II of Aragon -- Robert the Wise of Naples, 1309-43 -- Sicily and southern Italy in an age of disorder -- The end of the house of Barcelona -- Alfonso the Magnanimous and the fall of the house of Anjou-- Aragon in Italy and Spain, 1458-94 -- The French invasion of Italy, 1494-95.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index.
Note:The late-medieval Mediterranean world was dominated by half a dozen powerful empires, yet the conflict between the kings of Aragon-Catalonia and the counts of Anjou-Provence, which this book describes, involved the fates of the whole of the Mediterranean and shaped the history of Western Europe.
