Description: Although many recent studies have addressed important aspects of medieval southern Italy, this is the first work for nearly ninety years to be devoted specifically to the life and reign of King Roger II, the founder of the kingdom of Sicily. The book provides a comprehensive introductory narrative of the reign and a clear, scholarly and up-to-date analysis of its culture and of the development of royal government. The kingdom created by the Norman Roger of Hautville in the first half of the twelfth century was a monarchy with highly developed absolutist ideas, an elaborate bureaucracy, a reasonably well-filled treasury, and a mixed cultural heritage reflected by the presence of Arabs and Greeks at court. Based on many years of research in archives and libraries across Europe, the book offers a valuable overview of one of the most striking periods in south Italian and European history.
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EAN: 9780521655736
UPC: 9780521655736
ISBN: 9780521655736
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Book Title: Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler Between East and West
Item Length: 21.7 cm
Number of Pages: 260 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Roger Ii of Sicily: a Ruler between East and West
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Government, History
Item Height: 217 mm
Item Weight: 361 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Hubert Houben
Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
Item Width: 142 mm
Format: Paperback
