Empires of the Normans : conquerors of Europe /

Empires of the Normans : conquerors of Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Roach, Levi, 1985- author.
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022. ©2022
Description:	xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Normans -- Europe. Normans -- Asia. Normans -- Politics and government. Normans -- Religion. Normans. Normans -- Politics and government. Europe -- History -- 476-1492. Asia. Europe. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12753779

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ISBN:	9781639361878 1639361871
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	How did descendants of Viking marauders came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. For a century and a half, they remade Europe in their own image, and yet their heritage was quickly forgotten - until now.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Maps
1. Beginnings: Strange Men from a Strange Land, Normandy, c.911-42
2. Consolidating a Colony: Rollo's Heirs, Normandy, 942-1026
3. Queen Emma, Jewel of the Normans: England, 1002-42
4. Edward the Confessor: A King Across the Sea, England, 1041-66
5. William I: A Conquering King, Normandy and England, 1035-66
6. Court Propaganda: The Case for Conquest, 1066-84
7. The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidered History, 1066-97
8. The Fate of the English: Conquest to Colonisation, 1066-84
9. Church and State in Conquered England: Romancing the Stone, 1066-87
10. Settling the South: Ironarm in Italy, c.1030-45
11. Robert Guiscard: A Cunning Count, c.1040-85
12. Under a Byzantine Banner: Into Asia Minor, 1038-77
13. Bohemond and the Balkans: 'A Marvel to Behold', 1081-5
14. The First Crusade: Eastern Promises, 1096-1108
15. A Bridge Too Far? North Africa, 1142-59
16. Northern Wales: A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing, 1068-98
17. Southern Wales: Making a Mark, 1068-98
18. Iberia: 'The Race of the Normans Declines No Labour', 1147-8
19. Scotland: Honoured Guests, 1072-1153
20. The Power Behind the Throne: Scotland Under Ada de Warenne, 1153-78
21. Strongbow in Leinster: Stealing a March, 1167-71
22. Hugh de Lacy: Lord of Meath, 1171-7
23. The End of Empire? John and Normandy, 1204
24. 'Wonder of the World': Emperor Frederick II, 1198-1250
Afterlives of the Normans: A Europe Transformed
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
Notes
Index