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Charles has introduced feudalism to the Italian …
Years: 1282 - 1282
Charles has introduced feudalism to the Italian south at a time when it is weakening elsewhere.
His oppressive regime is highly unpopular, particularly in Sicily.
A spontaneous outbreak against Angevin rule, possibly fanned by agents provocateurs in the pay of Aragon and Constantinople, begins in Palermo at the time of vespers (evening worship) on Easter Monday, 1282, when some Sicilians attending a church service assault and kill several French soldiers.
who had insulted them The revolt, spreading across the island, results in the massacre, during the night of March 30-31, of about two thousand French inhabitants, almost the entire French population of Sicily.
Locations
People
- Charles I of Naples
- Charles II of Naples
- Michael VIII Palaiologos
- Peter III of Aragon
- Philip III of France
- Pope Martin IV
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Flanders, County of
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Naples, Angevin Kingdom of
- Sicily, Angevin Kingdom of
Topics
- East–West Schism
- Crusades, The
- Guelphs and Ghibellines
- Vespers, War of the (Sicilian)
- Sicilian Vespers
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1282 - 1282
Locations
People
- Charles I of Naples
- Charles II of Naples
- Michael VIII Palaiologos
- Peter III of Aragon
- Philip III of France
- Pope Martin IV
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Flanders, County of
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Naples, Angevin Kingdom of
- Sicily, Angevin Kingdom of
Topics
- East–West Schism
- Crusades, The
- Guelphs and Ghibellines
- Vespers, War of the (Sicilian)
- Sicilian Vespers
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions