The Normans in Sicily : The Normans in the south 1016-1130 and, The kingdom in the sun 1130-1194
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The Normans in Sicily : The Normans in the south 1016-1130 and, The kingdom in the sun 1130-1194
(Penguin books)
Penguin, 1992
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The Normans in Sicily : the magnificent story of 'the other Norman Conquest'
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Bibliography: p. 339-345, 765-775
Includes index
The Normans in the South, first published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1967
The kingdom in the sun, first published by Longmans Group, 1970
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This omnibus volume is made up of John Julius Norwich's first two works of history published 20 years ago - "The Normans in the South" and "The Kingdom in the Sun". The books tell the story of the dazzling Norman kingdom of Sicily founded in the 11th century by an enterprising band of adventurers from Normandy under Robert Guiscard. The state they founded was outstanding in medieval civilization.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The conquest: beginnings
- arrival
- establishment
- Sicily
- insurrection
- the newcomers
- civitate
- schism
- consolidation
- reconciliation
- invasion
- conquest
- Palermo. Part 2 The building of the Kingdom: polarisation
- excommunications and investitures
- against Byzantium
- from Rome to Venosa
- victors and vanquished
- the great count
- Adelaide
- the fledgling years
- reunification
- coronation.
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