Norman expansion : connections, continuities and contrasts / edited by Keith J. Stringer and Andrew Jotischky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stringer, K. J. (Keith John)

Jotischky, Andrew, 1965-

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normans--Europe.

Normans.

Group identity.

History.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Civilization, Medieval.

Normans--Great Britain--History.

Normans--Italy--History.

Group identity--Europe--History.

Italy.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 261 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013.

Contents:

Aspects of the Norman diaspora in northern England and southern Scotland / Keith Stringer

At the northern edge: Alba and its Normans / Alexander Grant

From shire to barony in Scotland: the case of Eastern Lothian / Jonathan Gledhill

Ireland after 1169: barriers to acculturation on an "English" edge / Robin Frame

The concept of the frontier in Norman chronicles: a comparative approach / Leonie V. Hicks

Marriage strategies among the Normans of southern Italy in the eleventh century / Catherine Heygate

Urban communities and the Normans in southern Italy / Paul Oldfield

Gesta Normannorum? Normans in the Latin chronicles of the First Crusade / Léan Ní Chléirigh

Castles and frontiers in the Latin east / Denys Pringle

The assises d'Antioche: law and custom in the principality of Antioch / Peter W. Edbury.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

140944838X

9781409448389

OCLC:

835116686

Publisher Number:

99956369141