The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Northern Conquest

by Graham Loud

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138139688
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/24/2016
Series:	The Medieval World
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Graham A. Loud

Table of Contents

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