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War of the Sicilian Vespers

War of the Sicilian Vespers proper noun: a war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin which was triggered by the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282 and resulted in the division of the Kingdom of Sicily, with Aragon taking the island while Angevin retained the peninsular territories.

Proper noun

the War of the Sicilian Vespers

  1. (historical) A war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin which was triggered by the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282 and resulted in the division of the Kingdom of Sicily, with Aragon taking the island while Angevin retained the peninsular territories.
    • In the last of this section's papers, Lawrence Mott deals with the emergence of the Crown of Aragon as a Mediterranean power during the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302).1999, Donald J. Kagay, Donald Kagay, L. J. Andrew Villalon (editors), The Circle of War in the Middle Ages, Boydell & Brewer (The Boydell Press), page xiv
    • In addition to the Hohenstaufens, the Aragonese were also targets of French venom after the conclusion of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.2011, Michael A. Ryan, A Kingdom of Stargazers, Cornell University Press, page 48
    Synonyms:
    War of the Vespers

Synonyms of War of the Sicilian Vespers

  • War of the Vespers

Questions about War of the Sicilian Vespers

What does War of the Sicilian Vespers mean?
War of the Sicilian Vespers means a war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin which was triggered by the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282 and resulted in the division of the Kingdom of Sicily, with Aragon taking the island while Angevin retained the peninsular territories.
What part of speech is War of the Sicilian Vespers?
War of the Sicilian Vespers is a proper noun.

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