Meanings
- historicalA 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 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 482 more examples
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 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).
The resulting War of the Sicilian Vespers would endure for the next twenty years and would involve almost every part of the Mediterranean in some way.
2015, Charles D Stanton, Medieval Maritime Warfare, Pen & Sword Books, page 136Synonyms: War of the Vespers
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA 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.
Translations
Catalan Guerra de Sicília, Guerra de les Vespres Sicilianes
- Guerra de Sicíliawar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
- Guerra de les Vespres Sicilianeswar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
Estonian Sitsiilia vespri sõda, vespri sõda
- Sitsiilia vespri sõdawar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
- vespri sõdawar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
Greek Πόλεμος του Σικελικού Εσπερινού
- Πόλεμος του Σικελικού Εσπερινού (Pólemos tou Sikelikoú Esperinoú)war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
Italian guerre del Vespro
- guerre del Vesprowar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
Polish nieszpory sycylijskie
- nieszpory sycylijskiewar between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin
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