Mercenaries to conquerors : Norman warfare in the eleventh- and twelfth-century Mediterranean / Paul Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normans.

Italy, Southern.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.

Summary:

When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a generation these men would have seized control of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily. How did they make such extraordinary gains and then consolidate their power? Paul Brown, in this thoroughly researched and absorbing study, seeks to answer these questions and throw light onto the Norman conquests across the Mediterranean. Throughout he focuses on the military side of their progress, as they advanced from mercenaries to conquerors, then crusaders. The story of the campaigns they undertook in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans and the Near East reveals their remarkable talent for war. The dominant role played by a succession of Norman leaders is a key theme of the narrative a line of ambitious and ruthless soldiers that ran from Robert Guiscard and Bohemond to Roger II and Tancred.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps

Preface

Chapter 1: Background

Chapter 2: Mercenaries

Chapter 3: Conquerors

Chapter 4: Imperialists?

Chapter 5: Antiochenes

Chapter 6: Epilogue

Appendix: Latin Terminology

Notes

Abbreviations

Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473880115

1473880114

9781473880108

1473880106