March 30, 1282. The people of Sicily have had enough. After almost 16 years of rule by the French, insults to a married woman by a French soldier spark an uprising. Within six weeks, over 13,000 French men and women are massacred by the rebels, an incident that becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. The War of the Sicilian Vespers will shake the Mediterranean for two decades; “Death to the French!” is its rallying cry. The problem with medieval wars and medieval history is ho