Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and SicilyCondition: NewEAN: 9780786414727ISBN: 9780786414727Publisher: McFarland & Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/06/2003Description: The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, but once there, found opportunity for fame and fortune. The story of the Norman conquest in Italy and Sicily is indeed one of knights and adventurers, great battles and lowly pillage, opportunism and statesmanship, and crusade and coexistence. This rich and often dramatic study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard, who has been called "the most dazzling military ruler between Julius Caesar and Napoleon," and his youngest brother Roger, who conquered Sicily. It discusses how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy, and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the Papacy and the Byzantine Empire, became the main supporters of the reformed Papacy, and founded a rich, sophisticated kingdom that lasted until the nineteenth century.Language: EnglishAuthor: Gordon S. BrownGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Biography, HistoryISBN-10: 0786414723Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 11mmItem Weight: 299gRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
Title: The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
EAN: 9780786414727
ISBN: 9780786414727
Release Date: 01/06/2003
Release Year: 2003
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
ISBN-10: 0786414723
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Europe / Italy, Military / General, General, Europe / Medieval
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Gordon S. Brown
Subject Area: History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
