A life behind walls – meet Diego and Juan

Some of the sadder stories in history are about children who are caught up in the wars of their elders. Take, for example, the sad story of Manfred of Hohenstaufen’s very young children, who were locked up (and purportedly blinded) by Charles of Anjou in 1266  after he killed Manfred and claimed Sicily as his […]

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