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Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily (Paperback, New)
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Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily (Paperback, New)
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
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This student-friendly volume brings together English translations
of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant
documents, for the reign of Roger II, the founder of the kingdom of
Sicily. The kingdom created by King Roger was the most centralised
and administratively advanced of the time, but its genesis was
fraught with difficulty as the king sought to extend his power from
the island of Sicily and Calabria into other parts of the south
Italian mainland. This struggle, that lasted from 1127 until 1140,
is graphically revealed by the two main texts in this book. A
number of other texts illuminate key aspects of the reign: the
relationship with the papacy, the German invasion of 1137 that came
close to toppling the king's rule, the expansion of Sicilian power
into the Abruzzi in 1140, and the law and administration of the
kingdom, often seen as a model for the growth of effective
government in the twelfth century. Despite the great intrinsic
interest of the reign of King Roger, these texts have never
appeared in English translation before. This will be an invaluable
resource for students and scholars of medieval Europe. -- .
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