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Study of the Norman World's borders, frontiers, and boundaries in
Europe, shedding fresh light on their nature and extent. The
Normans exerted great influence across Christendom and beyond in
the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Figures like William the
Conqueror and Robert Guiscard subdued vast territories, their feats
recorded for posterity by chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and
Geoffrey Malaterra. Through travel and conquest, the Normans
encountered, created, and conceptualised many borders, with the
areas of Europe that they ruled and most affected often being
grouped together as the "Norman World". This volume examines the
nature, forms, and function of borders in and around this "Norman
World", looking at Normandy, the British-Irish Isles, and Southern
Italy. Three sections frame the collection. The first concerns
physical features, from broad frontier expanses, to rivers and
walls that were both literally and metaphorically lines of
division. The second shows how borders were established, contested,
and negotiated between the papacy and lay rulers and senior
churchmen. Finally, the third highlights the utility of conceptual
frontiers for both medieval authors and modern historians. Among
the subjects covered are Archbishop Anselm's travels across
Christendom; the portrayal of borders in the writings of William of
Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Gerald of Wales; and the limits of
Norman seigneurial and papal power at the edges of Europe. Overall,
the essays demonstrate the role that the manipulation of borders
played in the creation of the "Norman World", and address what
these borders did and whom they benefited.
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