Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of tables ix
5. List of contributors x
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. List of abbreviations xvi
8. Figure 0.1 xviii
9. 1 Introduction 1
10. Part I Historiographies
11. 2 Norman Italy and Sicily through the eyes of British historians, 1912–76 15
12. 3 The Norman Empire between the eleventh and twelfth centuries with special reference to the Normans in southern Italy 29
13. 4 Historiography in the making 46
14. 5 A fiscal provision of Count Roger of Ariano 92
15. Part II Identities and communities
16. 6 Crucible of faith 113
17. 7 Bellum civile 132
18. 8 Norman rulers and Greek-speaking subjects 152
19. 9 Griffones and the city of Messina 171
20. Part III Religion and the Church
21. 10 The foundation of St Euphemia in Calabria 191
22. 11 King Roger II's legislation on the celebration of marriage 212
23. 12 The battle against simony in Norman Italy 227
24. 13 Some reflections on the women’s monasteries of southern Italy in the eighth to twelfth centuries 245
25. Part IV Conquering Norman Italy and beyond
26. 14 The Norman siege of Bari, 1068–71 265
27. 15 The past, present, and future of Norman rule in Apulia 284
28. 16 From Alexandria to Tinnīs 305
29. Bibliography 323
30. Index 357