TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roach,Levi
TI  - Empires of the Normans: makers of Europe, conquerors of Asia 
SN  - 9781529398465 (hbk.) :
AV  - D148 
U1  - 940.0439 ROA 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - John Murray
KW  - Normans
KW  - Europe
KW  - Asia
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Religion
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - European history
KW  - thema
KW  - 476-1492
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - How did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In 'Empires of the Normans' we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. For a century and a half, they remade Europe in their own image, and yet their heritage was quickly forgotten - until now
ER  -