The Norman Conquest Of Southern Italy And Sicily
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Author |
: Gordon S. Brown |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 2015-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786451272 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786451270 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily by : Gordon S. Brown
The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, but once there, found opportunity for fame and fortune. The story of the Norman conquest in Italy and Sicily is indeed one of knights and adventurers, great battles and lowly pillage, opportunism and statesmanship, and crusade and coexistence. This rich and often dramatic study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard, who has been called "the most dazzling military ruler between Julius Caesar and Napoleon," and his youngest brother Roger, who conquered Sicily. It discusses how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy, and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the Papacy and the Byzantine Empire, became the main supporters of the reformed Papacy, and founded a rich, sophisticated kingdom that lasted until the nineteenth century.
Author |
: Gordon S. Brown |
Publisher |
: McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0786414723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780786414727 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily by : Gordon S. Brown
"This book is not an effort to tell the whole story of the Normans in Italy. It attempts, instead, to follow the main threads of the early period: how these interlopers from northern Europe managed to find their historical role in the Italian provinces of the Byzantine Empire, how they succeeded in replacing the Byzantine and local rulers, and then how they drove the Arab rulers out of Sicily. In focusing on the protracted period of the conquest, that is, the second half of the eleventh century, this book sets out in particular an account of the achievements of that remarkable set of brothers, the sons of Tancred of Hauteville, who spearheaded the effort"--Preface.
Author |
: Graham Loud |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2014-07-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317900221 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317900227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Age of Robert Guiscard by : Graham Loud
Founded upon an unrivalled knowledge of the original sources for the conquest, this is a cogent and lucid analysis of a key medieval subject hitherto largely ignored by historians.
Author |
: Graham Shelton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 94 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:922044004 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily by : Graham Shelton
Author |
: Barbara M. Kreutz |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2011-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812205435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081220543X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before the Normans by : Barbara M. Kreutz
Histories of medieval Europe have typically ignored southern Italy, looking south only in the Norman period. Yet Southern Italy in the ninth and tenth centuries was a complex and vibrant world that deserves to be better understood. In Before the Normans, Barbara M. Kreutz writes the first modern study in English of the land, political structures, and cultures of southern Italy in the two centuries before the Norman conquests. This was a pan-Meditteranean society, where the Roman past and Lombard-Germanic culture met Byzantine and Islamic civilization, creating a rich and unusual mix.
Author |
: Graham A. Loud |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2002-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9004125418 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004125414 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Society of Norman Italy by : Graham A. Loud
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Author |
: Edmund Curtis |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 606 |
Release |
: 1912 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044022165146 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roger of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154 by : Edmund Curtis
Author |
: Donald Matthew |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 442 |
Release |
: 1992-07-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521269113 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521269117 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Norman Kingdom of Sicily by : Donald Matthew
This book is an introductory account of the kingdom of Sicily established in 1130 by Roger II, a 'Norman' king, and ruled by Roger, his own son and grandsons until 1194 when the kingdom was conquered by his son-in-law, Henry VI of Hohenstaufen. The period covered does, however, extend from Charles of Anjou, a period roughly as long and as coherent as the 'Norman' monarchy of England between 1066 and 1204. Roger II's difficulties in creating an enduring kingdom needed continuous military effort. Even when these efforts were no longer required, the monarchy had still to learn how to function in lands where traditions of local government were strong. Yet when the monarchy itself faltered, the kingdom did not fall apart. Frederick II, the grandson of Roger II, showed that it could be revived and that his sons could maintain it. The ways in which the monarchy made itself indispensable cannot be traced in detail, but pointers to its success can be seen. The kingdom did not spring full-armed at birth - it took time and experience to hammer it into shape. When at last it looked capable of assuming the leadership of all Italy, its enemies combined to prevent it from doing so with the most profound consequences for Italy, the papacy and the west.
Author |
: Bejamin James Baillie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0957092318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780957092310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First Mafia by : Bejamin James Baillie
Author |
: Joanna H. Drell |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2021-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781526138552 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1526138557 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Norman Italy by : Joanna H. Drell
This volume on Norman Italy (southern Italy and Sicily, c. 1000–1200) honours and reflects the pioneering scholarship of Graham A. Loud. An international group of scholars reassesses and recasts the paradigm by which Norman Italy has been conventionally understood, addressing varied subjects across four key themes: historiographies, identities and communities, religion and Church, and conquest. The chapters revise and refine our understanding of Norman Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, demonstrating that it was not just a parochial Norman or Mediterranean entity but also an integral player in the medieval mainstream.