The Age of Robert Guiscard:Southern Italy and the Northern Conquest - Loud Graham
southern Italy and the Norman conquest
KORTE INHOUD
?G.A. Loud has produced a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in southern Italy and sicily at the time of the Norman conquest. Based on years of archival research and an intimate knowledge of the sources, The Age of Robert Guiscard provides a detailed description of the conquest itself, based on the careers of the three chief protagonists, Richard of Capua, Robert Guiscard, and Roger I of Sicily, as well as a careful exegesis of the chronicles that narrate the conquest. Chapter 1 (?) includes detailed discussions of the political history of Byzantine and Lombard regions (?) and includes a short section on ?society?, in which the author briefly discusses the economy and the religion and ethnic diversity characteristic of southern Italy. (?) Chapter 2 (?) provides an excellent synthesis of the conflicting historical accounts of the Normans? arrival. By delineating certain themes common to all the sources, the author attempts to reconcile the contradictions and give a plausible explanation for...
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2000Uitgever: ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN INC DIV PEARSON SUITE 300Taal: EngelsISBN-10: 0582045290ISBN-13: 9780582045293Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Harlow (...), 2000. XII,329p. Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: LOUD, G.A.,] [Uitgever: Longman (Pearson Education)] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: The Age of Robert Guiscard. Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest.]
