Introduction. Writing the history of the Zirids and Normans -- Geographic orientations and the rise of the Fatimids -- The contest for Sicily in the eleventh century -- Commerce and conflict from 1087 to 1123 -- The end of the emirate and the beginning of the kingdom -- The Norm…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…
"This is an important new study of the impact of the Norman Conquest. It provides the first full explanation of how the English and the Normans merged to become the same people. The author draws on anthropological theory, the latest scholarship on Anglo-Norman England, and sourc…
"This is an important new study of the impact of the Norman Conquest. It provides the first full explanation of how the English and the Normans merged to become the same people. The author draws on anthropological theory, the latest scholarship on Anglo-Norman England, and sourc…
Winchester's identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester was felt throughout England and in…
Winchester's identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester was felt throughout England and in…
