Jacqueline Alio

Women of Sicily (eBook, ePUB)

Saints, Queens and Rebels

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rarely have women found their place in the annals of Sicily's thirty-century history. Here, in the first book on this topic published in English, one of Sicily's leading historians of the Middle Ages introduces seventeen women of varied backgrounds who influenced Sicilian history and society into the modern era. Apart from the biographies, the book includes a capsule history, timeline, maps, and a section on Sicilian women today. Since its publication in 2014, this book has become a point of reference and a much-appreciated description of the identity of Sicilian women. This ebook edition of this work contains the complete text of the print version.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Trinacria Editions
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781943639588
• Artikelnr.: 75266913

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Alio is one of Sicily's leading historians, and part of a new wave that is writing the history of Sicily's women. Over the last decade, she has been consulted by The History Channel, The Discovery Channel and other media. An accomplished medievalist, she has published the results of her original research while writing insightful articles for a general readership. Online, her articles have captivated millions, gaining her a special place as one of the Sicilian historians with the most readers around the world. In print, scholarly works like her translation of the Ferraris Chronicle have earned her kudos in academic circles. Margaret Queen of Sicily, the first biography of that regent, is the lengthiest published work of original scholarship written in English by a historian in Sicily. She co-authored the first book in English to outline the emerging field of Sicilian Studies. Her most recent book, the result of years of research, is a compendium of biographies of the queens of Sicily into the middle of the 13th century.