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The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
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Pages: 442
Authors: Donald Matthew
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-07-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book is an introductory account of the kingdom of Sicily established in 1130 by Roger II, a 'Norman' king, and ruled by Roger, his own son and grandsons un
The Administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Hiroshi Takayama
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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The administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily has long been held up to be the most advanced government in twelfth-century Europe. However, until now there
The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
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Pages: 224
Authors: Gordon S. Brown
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-12 - Publisher: McFarland

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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
The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Karla Mallette
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-06 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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When Muslim invaders conquered Sicily in the ninth century, they took control of a weakened Greek state in cultural decadence. When, two centuries later, the No
The Invention of Norman Visual Culture
Language: en
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Authors: Lisa Reilly
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In this book, Lisa Reilly establishes a new interpretive paradigm for the eleventh and twelfth-century art and architecture of the Norman world in France, Engla