Warfare in the Norman Mediterranean

Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

List of contents

Introduction - Georgios Theotokis
Greek and Latin sources for the Norman expansion in the South: their value as "military histories" of the warfare in the Mediterranean Sea - Georgios Theotokis
"Conquest in Their Blood": Hauteville Ambition, Authorial Spin and Interpretive Challenges in the Narrative Sources - Francesca Petrizzo
"The Arts of Guiscard": Trickery and Deceit in the Norman Conquests of Southern Italy and Outremer, 1000-1120 - James Titterton
A Gift to the Normans - The Military Legacy of Sicilian Islam - David Nicolle
Norman battle tactics in the Mediterranean theatre of operations: fighting Lombards, greeks, Arabs, and Turks c.1050-c.1100 - Matthew Bennett
Venetian Reactions to the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard - from Enmity to Congeniality - Serban V. Marin
The Norman Kingdom of Sicily: Projecting Power by Sea - Charles D. Stanton
Norman Participation in the First Crusade: a re-examination - Luigi Russo
Strategy, the Norman Conquest of Southern Italy, and the First Crusade - Daniel P. Franke
Disaster in the Delta? Sicilian support for the Crusades and the Siege of Alexandria, 1174 - Michael S. Fulton
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Georgios Theotokis

Summary

Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Georgios Theotokis
• Assisted by: Georgios Theotokis (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781783275212
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-521-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 242 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: Warfare in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Bestimmte Kriege und Feldzüge, HISTORY / Medieval, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), History - General History