1st Edition

The Age of Robert Guiscard Southern Italy and the Northern Conquest

By Graham Loud Copyright 2000
    342 Pages
    by Routledge

    342 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter I Southern Italy before the Normans Chapter II The coming of the Normans Chapter III The conquest of the m ainland Chapter IV The conquest of Sicily Chapter V The Normans, the papacy and the two empires Chapter VI Governm ent and society in Norm an Itally Conclusion Maps A brief guide to further reading Index

    Biography

    Professor Graham A. Loud