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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.Tags
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Well researched and well presented. Tough going at times. But worth reading especially as it is referenced by many other books on the subject.
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Dr. Marjorie Chibnall is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and has also lectured in the universities of Southampton and Aberdeen.
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- Canonical title
- The Normans
- Original publication date
- 2000
- Important places
- Normandy, France
- First words
- The Norman people were the product, not of blood, but of history.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He suggested that the recreation of a historical period, rich in concrete facts and major socio-cultural developments, could help to show that a people, now absorbed into several different nations, had been a significant common element of true value in the formation of a new European consciousness.
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- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
