Sicilian School of Poetry

The beauty and originality of some of those verses are still admired all over the world today. The names of some of its poets fascinate scholars and amateurs, while its language and themes still appear in some contemporary poems. The School of Poetry was an excellence of poets serving Frederick II and its history...

Perhaps from Palermo, more likely from Messina, this woman living in the thirteenth century has a legendary aura and seems to give Sicily another record, after the one held by the School of Poetry of Frederick II. She had the ability to put women in the foreground giving them an active role towards the...