THE \\'ESTERN MEDITERR-\!\'EAN KINGDOMS 1200-1 !iOO
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
A Mediterranean empire in the making^62
Trouble at home^66
The aftermath of the revolt of the Vespers^79
Conclusion^80
Politics and Religion in the Era
of Ramon Llull
The triumph of Peter the Great
Peter's legacy
The three religions in Spain
Ramon Llull
Abraham Abulafia
Conclusion
PART TWO FOURTEENTH-
CENTURY CRISES
The Mediterranean in the Age of
James II of Aragon
82
82
87
88
94
101
103
107
The end of the war of the Vespers l 07
Charles II and the Eastern question 112
James the Honest, 1291-1327 1 Ei
The Catalan Company in Greece^118
The invasion of Sardinia^123
The golden age of Catalan trade^127
Conclusion^131
Robert the Wise of Naples, 1309-43 133
Henry VII and the Italian crisis 133
Guelfs, Ghibellines and King Robert 138
The crusade against Sicily^144
The king and the bankers^146
A wise king: Robert and the arts 151
Conclusion 154
Sicily and Southern Italy in an
Age of Disorder
The island kingdom of Sicily in the
156
fourteenth century^156
Southern Italy under Joanna I^162
The rise of the house of Anjou-Durazzo 166
Conclusion I 70
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