num_pages: 341
description: B&gt;" This is a wide ranging and engaging account of the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily by the Norman's during the eleventh century and of Robert 'Guiscard', The Cunning, who was a central figure in the conquest. While examining the process by which the conquest took place, Guiscard's role within it, and his turbulent role in the south, Graham Louds places the Norman takeover in context. The Age of Robert Guiscard" examines both the historical evolution of southern Italy before the Normans, which made the conquest possible, and the hybrid society which that conquest created. The relations of the Normans with their nominal overlord the papace and Guiscard's attempt to conquer the Byzantine Empire, are also discussed in depth. For those interested in Italian or Medieval history. Hardcover 0-582-04529-0 $ 79.95y
language: English
title: The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest
titlecomplete: The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (The Medieval World)
genres: Italy, History, Medieval
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Routledge