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This is the first detailed study of Sicilian life in the reign of Frederick III (1296-1337), a period which saw Sicily reduced from a bustling and prosperous Mediterranean emporium to a poor backwater torn apart by violence and where for an early form of the Mafia arose.Backman, Clifford R. is the author of 'Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily Politics, Religion, and Economy in the Reign of Frederick Iii, 1296-1337' with ISBN 9780521496643 and ISBN 0521496640.
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