Empires of the Normans : conquerors of Europe / Levi Roach.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth editionDescription: xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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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.
14th 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 Christmas day, he would be crowned king of England. No longer would Anglo-Saxons or Vikings rule England; this was now the age of the Normans.
A momentous event in European history, the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons had the most dramatic effect of any defeat in the high Middle Ages. In a few short months, the leader of northern France became the dominant ruler of Britain. Over the coming decades, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom would be rebuilt around a new landowning class. During the next century, as the Norman kings laid the foundations of modern Britain, their power would spread irresistibly across Europe. From Scandinavia down to Sicily, Malta, and Seville, the Normans built magnificent castles and churches. They cerated a new Europe in the image of their own nobility, recording their power with unprecedented vision, including the Domesday Book .
Empire of the Normans tells the extraordinary story of how the descendants of Viking marauders in northern France came to dominate European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern politics. It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce pirates, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. Across the generations, the Normans made their influence felt across Western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa and even to the Holy Land, with a combination of military might, political savvy, deeply held religious beliefs, and a profound sense of their own destiny.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.