| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Contents |
Beginnings: Strange men from a strange land, Normandy, c.911-42 -- Consolidating a colony: Rollo's heirs, Normandy, 942-1026 -- Queen Emma, Jewel of the Normas: England, 1002-42 -- Edward the Confessor: A king across the sea, England, 1041-66 -- William I: A conquering king, Normandy and England, 1035-66 -- Court propaganda: The case for conquest, 1066-84 -- The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidered history, 1066-97 -- The fate of the English: Conquest to Colonisation, 1066-84 -- Church and State in conquered England: Romancing the stone, 1066-87 -- Settling the South: Ironarm in Italy, c.1030-45 -- Robert Guiscard: A cunning Count, c.1040-85 -- Under a Byzantine banner: Into Asia Minor, 1038-77 -- Bohemond and the Balkans: 'A marvel to behold', 1081-5 -- The First Crusade: Eastern promises, 1096-1108 -- A bridge too far? North Africa, 1142-59 -- Northern Wales: A wolf in wolf's clothing, 1068-98 -- Southern Wales: Making a mark, 1068-98 -- Iberia: 'The race of the Normans declines no labour', 1147-8 -- Scotland: Honoured guests, 1072-1153 -- The power behind the throne: Scotland under Ada de Warenne, 1153-78 -- Strongbow in Leinster: Stealing a march, 1167-71 -- Hugh de Lacy: Lord of Meath, 1171-7 -- The end of Empire? John and Normandy, 1204 -- 'Wonder of the world': Emperor Frederick II. 1198-1250 -- Afterlives of Normans: A Europe transformed. |
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Normans -- Europe.
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Normans -- Asia.
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Normans -- Politics and government.
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Normans -- Religion.
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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| ISBN |
9781639361878 (hardcover) |
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1639361871 (hardcover) |
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