Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia

A brilliant global history of the Normans, who-beyond the conquest of England-spread their empire to eventually dominate Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East

Fourteenth October 1066.

As Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dying in Sussex, the Duke of Normandy was celebrating an unlikely victory. William “The Bastard” had emerged from interloper to successor of the Norman throne. He had survived the carnage of the Battle of Hastings and, two months later on C...