Roger of Lauria (C.1250-1305): Admiral of Admirals

by Charles D. Stanton

Just before Vespers on 30 March 1282 at the Church of the Holy Spirit on the outskirts of Palermo, a drunken soldier of the occupying French forces of Charles of Anjou accosted a young Sicilian noblewoman. It sparked a bloody conflagration, the so-called War of the Sicilian Vespers, that would ultimately involve every part of the Mediterranean. The struggle for the coveted throne of Sicily eventually enmeshed all the great powers of medieval Europe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274530
• ISBN13: 9781783274536
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"