7 The Norman Kingdom of Sicily: Projecting Power by Sea

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Contributors xv
5. Maps xviii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I Re-examining the Narratives
8. 1 Greek and Latin Sources for the Norman Expansion in the South: Their Value as “Military Histories” of the Warfare in the Mediterranean Sea 11
9. 2 “Conquest in Their Blood”: Hauteville Ambition, Authorial Spin, and Interpretative Challenges in the Narrative Sources 35
10. 3 “The Arts of Guiscard”: Trickery and Deceit in the Norman Conquests of Southern Italy and Outremer, 1000–1120 55
11. Part II Cultural Representation and Diffusion
12. 4 A Gift to the Normans: the Military Legacy of Sicilian Islam 79
13. 5 Norman Battle Tactics in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations: Fighting Lombards, Greeks, Arabs, and Turks c.1050–c.1100 133
14. 6 Venetian Reactions to the Normans of Southern Italy under Robert Guiscard: from Enmity to Congeniality 151
15. Part III Policies of Conquest, Consolidation, and Expansion
16. 7 The Norman Kingdom of Sicily: Projecting Power by Sea 177
17. 8 Norman Participation in the First Crusade: a Re-examination 195
18. 9 Strategy, the Norman Conquest of Southern Italy, and the First Crusade 211
19. 10 Disaster in the Delta? Sicilian Support for the Crusades and the Siege of Alexandria, 1174 225
20. Bibliography 239
21. Index 251