ILCS 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sicilian Vespers, Land Grabbing, Aristocracy
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French man that comes in after federico ii. Remember the french a closer to the popes - quelphs. Gibiliens were closer to the holy roman empire. Charles defeats manfredi in the battle of benevento - 1266. He also captures and executes little conrad. Pope"s are happy, but the sicilians are not happy. The nobility will receive much of the land. The tax payers will have to pay for charles" military expansion. Sicilian people exhibit their dissatisfaction for the french during the sicilian. Very bloody battle where anyone french was abused or killed. The sicilian need help from an outside force if they are going to make a big change though. They turn to spain - peter iii of aragon. Has a family tie back to the normans. Roger ii had a son william i. William i has a son william ii.