Medieval Sicily 800-1713.

XVI, 240 p., maps, plates. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed binding, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Einband, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - CONTENTS: Introduction -- PART 1 Arab-Norman Sicily 800-1200 -- The Arabs -- The Norman Conquest -- The Regnum -- The Disintegration of Norman Sicily -- PART 2 Hohenstaufen, Angevins and Aragonese 1200-1375 -- Stupor Mundi -- The Sicilian Vespers, 1282 -- The New Feudalism -- PART 3 Submission to Spain 1375-1525 -- The End of Independence -- Alfonso and the Economy -- A Province of the Castilian Empire -- PART 4 Spanish Administration 1500-1650 -- Governors and Governed -- Parliament -- Foreign Policy, Piracy and Defence -- Disorder and Brigandage -- The Baronage -- Church and State -- PART 5 The Economy 1500-1650 -- Economic Policy and the Revenue -- Changes in Agriculture -- Industry and Urbanisation Economic Difficulties after 1600 -- PART 6 The Disintegration of Spanish Sicily 1640-1713 -- The Palermo Revolt of 1647 -- The Rebellion of Messina, 1674-8 -- The Last Years of Spanish Administration.