A Short History of the Normans

The struggle of Hastings in 1066 is the only date for all time seared at the British national psyche. It enabled the Norman Conquest that marked the quit of Anglo-Saxon England. however there has been lots
more to the Normans
than the invading army Duke William shipped over from Normandy to the shores of Sussex. How a band of marauding warriors installed a number of the most effective kingdoms in Europe - in Sicily and France, as well as England - is an improbably romantic idea. In exploring Norman subculture in all its regions, Leonie V Hicks places the Normans inside the context of early medieval society. Her comparative angle enables the Norman story to be advised in complete, so that the societies of Rollo, William, Robert and Roger Guiscard are given the centered attention they deserve. From Hastings to the martial exploits of Bohemond and Tancred on the first crusade; from castles and continues to Romanesque cathedrals; and from the founding of the dominion of Sicily (1130) to pass-cultural encounters with Byzantines and Muslims, that is a fresh and energetic survey of one of the maximum popular topics in eu history.