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Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts (Paperback)
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Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts (Paperback)
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In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the Normans had a formative
influence on the development of states and societies in the British
Isles, southern Italy and the Levant. Their achievements still
resonate powerfully today, and represent a vital field of
historical study. But how far did colonial elites define themselves
as Norman, and to what extent were they categorized as such by
others? What were the defining attributes of the supremacies
achieved by the Normans, and by other incomers associated with
them, and how decisive and diverse was the impact of their
influence on local power-structures and native societies? How
readily did they reach accommodations with those societies, and how
might their own identities be renegotiated within the context of
cross-cultural encounters? And, in terms of the progress and
practices of state-formation, what was the balance between 'old'
and 'new'? These are some of the key questions addressed in this
collection of essays, which also treats the Normans as a genuinely
European phenomenon. Norman activity in the British Isles and in
the Mediterranean lands receives equal coverage; and the topics
explored include identities and identification, marriage policies,
acculturation, the pre-existing landscapes of power and how far
they were transformed, castle-building strategies, the nature of
frontiers, urban government, and law and legislation. This volume
therefore serves both to illustrate and to open up for fresh debate
many of the salient themes concerning the Norman experience of
diaspora and settlement. At the same time, it seeks to underscore
how the dynamics, character and consequences of Norman expansion -
and the connections, continuities and contrasts - can better be
appreciated by taking the wider Norman world, or worlds, as the
focus for collective study.
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