The Normans : power, conquest and culture in 11th-century Europe /

The Normans : power, conquest and culture in 11th-century Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Green, Judith A., author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] ©2022
Description:	ix, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Normans -- History -- To 1500. Normans. Normandy (France) -- History -- To 1515. Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154. Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 1016-1194. France -- Normandy. Great Britain. Italy -- Sicily. History.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12728647

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ISBN:	0300180330 9780300180336
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-336) and index.
Summary:	"A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England. In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame like William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard. These figures cultivated an image of unstoppable Norman success and their victories make for a great story, but how much of it is true? In this insightful history, Judith Green challenges old certainties and explores the reality of Norman life across the continent. There were many soldiers of fortune, but their successes were down to timing, good luck, and ruthless leadership. Green shows the Normans' profound impact, from drastic change in England to laying the foundations for unification in Sicily, to their contribution to the First Crusade. Going beyond the familiar, she looks at personal dynastic relationships and the important part women played in what at first sight seems a resolutely masculine world."--

Table of Contents:

List of Plates, Maps and Genealogical Tables
Preface
Introduction
1. Writing about the Normans
2. The Making of Ducal Normandy
3. Swords for Hire
4. Normans in the South
5. Normans in Britain
6. The First Crusade and the Principality of Antioch
7. The Normans and Power
8. The Normans and the Church
9. Encounters
10. Buildings
Conclusion
Endnotes
Maps and Genealogical Tables
Bibliography
Index