The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms_ The Struggle for Dominion, 1200-1500

CONTENTS

List of Maps X

Genealogical Tables Xl

Editor's Preface xiii

Author's Preface XV

PART ONE THIRTEENTH-

CENTURY CHALLENGES

CHAPTER 1 The Origins of the Sicilian Kingdom 3

The lure of the South 3

Land and people 6

The Norman state 8

The coming of the Hohenstaufen 14

Frederick II 15

Frederick's inheritance in Italy 23

Conclusion 26

CHAPTER 2 The Emergence of Aragon-Catalonia 28

The coming together of Aragon

and Catalonia 28

Peter II in southern France 35

James the Conqueror in Majorca 37

James the Conqueror in Valencia 41

James the Conqueror and France^46

The rise of Barcelona^50

Conclusion 55

CHAPTER 3 The Rise and Fall of Charles
of Arljou^57
The search for a champion 57

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