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Book SynopsisEssays on varied topics, with particular emphasis on the Normans in the mediterranean world.Papers here have as a general theme the "Norman Age", with a special slant towards the Mediterranean world. Subjects treated include the policies of the Norman rulers, their military and naval organisation and coinage, chronicle sources and aspects of church history in their principalities, and the relations of the Normans with Byzantium, the Fatimid rulers and the crusading states. Other papers treat more generally of art, literature and language in the Norman period. Listing: Adam of Balsham's
Oratio de Utensilibus; Chronicle of Falco of Benevento; Coinages of Norman Apulia and Sicily;
De Clericis et Rustico; Franks in 11cByzantium; Knight's Arms and Armour 1150-1250; Marriage of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily; Military Combat in Anglo-Norman Art; Nobilitàe Parentela nell'Italia Normanna; Norman Kings of Sicily and the Fatimid Caliphate; Norman Naval Activity in the Mediterranean c.1060-c.1108. Normans through their Languages; Richard of Salerno 1097-1112; Simon Magus in S. Italy; Tomb of King John in Worcester Cathedral; Tombs of Roger II in Cefalù. Contributors: J.J.G. ALEXANDER, GEORGE BEECH, MATTHEW BENNETT,ARMANDO BISANTI, H.E.J. COWDREY, VINCENZO D'ALESSANDRO, WALTER FRÖÖHLICH, PHILIP GRIERSON, JEREMY JOHNS, PATRIZIA LENDINARA, G.A. LOUD, JANE MARTINDALE, LUCIO MELAZZO, IAN PEIRCE, JONATHAN SHEPARD, LIVIA VARGA.
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Table of ContentsIdeological representation of military combat in Anglo-Norman art, J.J.G. Alexander; a Norman-Italian adventurer in the East - Richard of Salerno 1097-1112, George Beech; Norman naval activity in the Mediterranean c.1060-c.1108, Matthew Bennett; Mimo Giullaresco e Satira del Villano nel "De Clericis et Rustico", Armando Bisanti; Simon Magus in South Italy, H.E.J. Cowdrey; nobilta e parentela nell'Italia Normanna, Vincenzo D'Alessandro; the marriage of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily - prelude and consequences, Walter Froehlich; the coinages of Norman Apulia and Sicily in their international setting, Philip Grierson; the Norman kings of Sicily and the Fatimid caliphate, Jeremy Johns; the "Oratio de Utensilibus ad domum regendum pertinentibus" by Adam of Balsham, Patrizia Lendinara; the genesis and context of the Chronicle of Falco of Benevento, G.A. Loud; the sword on the stone - some resonances of a medieval symbol of power, Jane Martindale; the Normans through their language, L. Melazzo; the knight, his arms and armour, c.1150-1250, Ian Peirce; the uses of the Franks in 11th-century Byzantium, Jonathan Shepard; a new aspect of the porphyry tombs of Roger II, first king Sicily, in Cefalu, Livia Varga.
