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The 'Sicilian Vespers': When a Single Uprising Shook Medieval Europe
In 1282, a seemingly minor incident outside a church in Palermo ignited a rebellion that toppled French rule in Sicily and redrew the map of medieval Europe. The Sicilian Vespers — named for the evening prayer hour when the violence began — started with a French soldier harassing a local woman and escalated into a massacre that spread across the island. This episode traces the revolt from its spark to its far-reaching consequences: the invitation of Peter III of Aragon, the twenty-year War of the Sicilian Vespers that followed, and the lasting division between the Kingdom of Sicily and the…
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