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

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THE WESTER!'\ MEDITERRANFAI'\ KINGDOMS 1200-1500

The Kingdom of Sicily under the Normans and the Hohenstaufen

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