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Jul 7, 1903 — Nov 1, 2000· 97 yrs

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Steven Runciman

Also known as: Runciman, Steven Sir, S Runciman

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On a January day early in 1251 a messenger came to Lyons, where Pope Innocent IV was living in exile from Rome.

— from The Sicilian Vespers, 1958

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A history of the first Bulgarian empire

1930

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xii, 337 p., folded map ; 23 cm.

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The Sicilian Vespers

1958

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On March 30, 1282, the Sicilian townsfolk of Palermo slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. The massacre came at a climatic moment of thirteenth century Mediterranean history and its background is traced in this volume.

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Byzantine style and civilization

1975

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