The Normans
eBook - ePub

The Normans

A History of Conquest

  1. 268 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Normans

A History of Conquest

About this book

A powerful and evocative portrait of the Norman Conquest of Europe, revealing the permanent cultural and political legacy that resulted in their ascendency. The Norman's conquering of the known world was a phenomenon unlike anything Europe had seen up to that point in history. They emerged early in the tenth century but had disappeared from world affairs by the mid-thirteenth century. Yet in that time they had conquered England, Ireland, much of Wales and parts of Scotland. They also founded a new Mediterranean kingdom in southern Italy and Sicily, as well as a Crusader state in the Holy Land and in North Africa. Moreover, they had an extraordinary ability to adapt as time and place dictated, taking on the role of Norse invaders to Frankish crusaders, from Byzantine overlords to feudal monarchs. Drawing on archaeological and historical evidence, Trevor Rowley offers a comprehensive picture of the Normans and argues that despite the short time span of Norman ascendancy, it is clear that they were responsible for a permanent cultural and political legacy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Vikings, Norsemen and Normans
  7. Chapter 2: Normandy in the First Half of the Eleventh Century
  8. Chapter 3: The conquest of England
  9. Chapter 4: England and Normandy in the Twelfth Century
  10. Chapter 5: The Fabric of Anglo-Norman England
  11. Chapter 6: Aspects of Anglo-Norman society
  12. Chapter 7: The Normans in Southern Europe
  13. Chapter 8: The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
  14. Photographs
  15. About the Author
  16. Further Reading
  17. Index
  18. Copyright