{"id":68787,"date":"2021-10-04T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=68787"},"modified":"2021-10-03T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T21:29:27","slug":"history-summarized-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/10\/04\/history-summarized-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"History Summarized: Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9aS8yy1n98\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Overly Sarcastic Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Oct 2021<\/p>\n<p>The plot twist of Medieval Italian History is that the main event was happening in the South \u2014 In the centuries before the Renaissance, Sicily and southern Italy were sporting one of the most spectacular cultures in the world, combining the greatest hits of Mediterranean history in one place. It&#8217;s way cool, you guys.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCES &#038; Further Reading: <em>Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History<\/em> by John Julius Norwich, <em>The Great Cities in History<\/em> by John Julius Norwich, Great Courses Lectures &#8220;Muslims in the Court Of Roger II &#8211; 1130&#8221; from <em>Turning Points in Middle Eastern History<\/em> by Eamonn Gerron and &#8220;Renaissance Italy&#8217;s Princes and Rivals&#8221; from <em>Renaissance: The Transformation of the West<\/em> by Jennifer McNabb<\/p>\n<p>This video&#8217;s topic was requested by our patron Salvatore Corasaniti. 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