Rarely have women found their place in the annals of Sicily's thirty-century history. Here, in the first book on this topic published in English, one of Sicily's leading historians of the Middle Ages introduces seventeen women of varied backgrounds who influenced Sicilian history and society into the modern era. Apart from the biographies, the book includes a capsule history, timeline, maps, and a section on Sicilian women today. Since its publication in 2014, this book has become a point of reference and a much-appreciated description of the identity of Sicilian women. This ebook edition of this work contains the complete text of the print version.