Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Introduction; The Norma in Southern Italy and Sicily; Geoffrey Malaterra and His Audience; Geoffrey Malaterra as a Historian; Maps; The Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily and of His Brother Duke Robert Guiscard by Geoffrey Malaterra; Letter to Bishop Angers; Summary of …
List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables and Diagrams -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Counts of Norman Italy Before Roger II -- 2. The New Kingdom's Nobility and the Creation of the South Italian Counties -- 3. Leadership and Opposition of …
Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation; far from centralised and streamlined, this book reveals how the genesis and social structures o…
This volume on Norman Italy (southern Italy and Sicily, c. 1000-1200) honours the pioneering scholarship of Graham A. Loud. An international group of scholars reassesses the paradigm by which Norman Italy has been understood, addressing subjects across four key themes: historiog…
