The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Northern Conquest (The Medieval World) by Loud, Graham - 2000-10-08

2000, very good, large format paperback. (R 07/22 - B:21011340).

Longman, 2000. Paperback. Good+. Clean pages, with no owners' marks, though fanned at the top corners; the soft cover is noticeably faded along the spine and has tiny creases at top corners, a few very short wrinkles along edges, and points of shelfwear at all corners, otherwise well-kept. XII, 329pp. incl. index.

Longman (Pearson Education), Harlow (...), 2000. XII,329p. Paperback. ?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… Read More

Routledge, 2000-10-09. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback / softback. New. Founded upon an unrivalled knowledge of the original sources for the conquest, this is a cogent and lucid analysis of a key medieval subject hitherto largely ignored by historians.

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 342 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 342 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Routledge, 2000-10-10. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing