The impact of the Norman
conquest of Sicily and
Southern Italy in the 11th and 12th
centuries upon the
society of that region forms the
central theme of this text. It looks at the Norman
relations with the Byzantine world, and includes several studies on the church. Several studies directly examine questions of continuity and change, both with regard to lay society and in a section devoted to the Church; others approach the subject more obliquely, through the analysis of contemporary historical writing, the documents and diplomatic of the Princes of Capua, and religious patronage. Throughout, they attempt to locate the conquerors within the context of the society they invaded, and within which they were only a minority..
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