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- catalog abstract ""This book examines the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture and civilization." "The Normans were a product of history rather than a natural ethnic or regional group. This book explores what they believed made them a distinct people and how they constructed their identity. Marjorie Chibnall examines the enigma of the Northmen who first settled around the Seine estuary and built a principality that took their name and became the springboard for wider expansion and the conquest of England. The book moves on to study the rise of Normandy, and the integration and influence of other groups including the Saxons, the Franks and new Scandinavian leaders. The Normans' remarkable warfare and maritime successes are revealed in detail including their conquest of England, infiltration of Wales and Scotland, and assimilation in Ireland; and their campaigns in the South of Europe including southern Italy and the Mediterranean region. The book also examines the development of Norman culture, the writing of their own history, Norman myth, and their achievements in bringing together various racial and cultural elements to form a single people."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12059283.
- catalog coverage "Europe History 476-1492.".
- catalog coverage "Normandy (France) History To 1515.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The Normans were a product of history rather than a natural ethnic or regional group. This book explores what they believed made them a distinct people and how they constructed their identity. Marjorie Chibnall examines the enigma of the Northmen who first settled around the Seine estuary and built a principality that took their name and became the springboard for wider expansion and the conquest of England. The book moves on to study the rise of Normandy, and the integration and influence of other groups including the Saxons, the Franks and new Scandinavian leaders.".
- catalog description ""This book examines the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture and civilization."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index.".
- catalog description "The Normans' remarkable warfare and maritime successes are revealed in detail including their conquest of England, infiltration of Wales and Scotland, and assimilation in Ireland; and their campaigns in the South of Europe including southern Italy and the Mediterranean region. The book also examines the development of Norman culture, the writing of their own history, Norman myth, and their achievements in bringing together various racial and cultural elements to form a single people."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "pt. I. People and Duchy. 1. The Emergence of a Norman People. 2. The Rise of Normandy -- pt. II. Conquest and Settlement in the North. 3. The Kingdom of England. 4. Wales, Scotland, Ireland -- pt. III. The Normans in the South. 5. Southern Italy. 6. The Kingdom of Sicily. 7. Mediterranean Expansion -- pt. IV. Myth and Tradition. 8. The Norman Myth. 9. The Norman World. 10. The Normans after 1204.".
- catalog extent "xii, 191 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0631186719 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "The peoples of Europe".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "Europe History 476-1492.".
- catalog spatial "Normandy (France) History To 1515.".
- catalog subject "D148 .C48 2000".
- catalog subject "Normans History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. People and Duchy. 1. The Emergence of a Norman People. 2. The Rise of Normandy -- pt. II. Conquest and Settlement in the North. 3. The Kingdom of England. 4. Wales, Scotland, Ireland -- pt. III. The Normans in the South. 5. Southern Italy. 6. The Kingdom of Sicily. 7. Mediterranean Expansion -- pt. IV. Myth and Tradition. 8. The Norman Myth. 9. The Norman World. 10. The Normans after 1204.".
- catalog title "The Normans / Marjorie Chibnall.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".