Warfare in the Norman Mediterranean

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Front cover Contents Illustrations Contributors Introduction Part I: Re-examining the Narratives 1: Greek and Latin Sources for the Norman Expansion in the South:Their Value as “Military Histories” of the Warfare in the Mediterranean Sea 2: “Conquest in Their Blood”:Hauteville Ambition, Authorial Spin,and Interpretative Challenges in the Narrative Sources 3: “The Arts of Guiscard”:Trickery and Deceit in the Norman Conquests of Southern Italy and Outremer, 1000–1120 Part II: Cultural Representation and Diffusion 4: A Gift to the Normans:the Military Legacy of Sicilian Islam 5: Norman Battle Tactics in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations: Fighting Lombards,Greeks, Arabs, and Turks c.1050–c.1100 6: Venetian Reactions to the Normans of Southern Italy under Robert Guiscard:from Enmity to Congeniality Part III: Policies of Conquest, Consolidation,and Expansion 7: The Norman Kingdom of Sicily:Projecting Power by Sea 8: Norman Participation in the First Crusade: a Re-examination Luigi R 9: Strategy, the Norman Conquest of Southern Italy, and the First Crusade 10: Disaster in the Delta? Sicilian support for the Crusades and the Siege of Alexandria, 1174 Bibliography Index