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Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily
Graham A. Loud
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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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Manchester Medieval Sources
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719082023
SKU
V9780719082023
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About Graham A. Loud
Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds -- .
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