THIS month of October completes the eighth century since the battle of Hastings, perhaps the most important action that the modern world has known, with the single exception of the conflict that ...
A small band of Norman knights crossed into Sicily and reshaped the balance of power in the Mediterranean. Tracing the campaigns of Roger the Great Count, this story reveals how warfare, diplomacy, ...
The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a new book shows. Many of those who went to the Middle East were ...