This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the Normans available, examining the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture and civilization.

• The Normans 2
  • Contents 8
  • List of Plates 10
  • List of Maps 12
  • List of Genealogical Tables 13
  • Preface 14
  • Abbreviations 16
  • PART I People and Duchy 18
    • I The Emergence of a Norman People 20
    • 2 The Rise of Normandy 26
  • PART II Conquest and Settlement in the North 56
    • 3 The Kingdom of England 58
    • 4 Wales, Scotland, Ireland 82
  • PART III The Normans in the South 90
    • 5 Southern Italy 92