Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West, 1258-1282

On Easter Monday, 1282, the bells of Santo Spirito summoned the faithful of Palermo to Vespers. But what began as a call to worship ended in revolution for the Sicilians, victory for Aragon, and the collapse of a vast coalition to restore Western rule over Constantinople. Byzantium was saved from a second occupation by the Latins. This book examines the relations between Greeks and Latins, Eastern and Western Christendom, during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus (1258-1