County and nobility in Norman Italy aristocratic agency in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1130-1189

"Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation ; far from centralised and streamlined, this book reveals how the genesis and social structures of the kingdom...

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1. Verfasser: Fernández-Aceves, Hervin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Academic 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation ; far from centralised and streamlined, this book reveals how the genesis and social structures of the kingdom were constantly fraught between the forces of royal power and local aristocracy authority. The result of thorough research conducted on the vast source material for the history of this fascinating 12th-century world, this book sheds important new light on medieval Italy"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 277 Seiten
ISBN:9781350201651