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Borders and the Norman World
Study of the Norman World's borders, frontiers, and boundaries in Europe, shedding fresh light on their nature and extent. The Normans exerted great influence across Christendom and beyond in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Figures like William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard subdued vast territories, their feats recorded for posterity by chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Geoffrey Malaterra. Through travel and conquest, the Normans encountered, created, and conceptualised many borders, with the areas of Europe that they ruled and most affected often being grouped together as the "Norman World".This volume examines the nature, forms, and function of borders in and around this "Nor...
Norman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144
In around 911, the Viking adventurer Rollo was granted the city of Rouen and its surrounding district by the Frankish King Charles the Simple. Two further grants of territory followed in 924 and 933. But while Frankish kings might grant this land to Rollo and his son, William Longsword, these two Norman dukes and their successors had to fight and negotiate with rival lords, hostile neighbours, kings, and popes in order to establish and maintain their authority over it. This book explores the geographical and political development of what would become the duchy of Normandy, and the relations between the dukes and these rivals for their lands and their subjects' fidelity. It looks, too, at the...
La Frontière normande de l'Avre
Le découpage de la Normandie a un impact direct sur le dévelopmment de ses espaces frontliers. Le cas de l'Avre, affluent de l'Eure devenu limite étatique, est exemplaire. L'auteure montre comment la politique de défense territoriale conditionne alors largement la croissance sur la rive normande. La région, d'abord perméable aux influences étrangères, est progressivement verouillée par l'édification de châteaux. Puis la création de villes ducales (Nonancourt et Verneuil), rassemblant les fonctions militaires, économiques et administratives, marque un tournant décisif dans la stratégie de maîtrise du territoire. Ces nouveaux centres de pouvoir et de peuplement viennent ainsi restructurer ces espaces et parachever un maillage firtement hiérarchisé. Si l'étude se termine en 1204, avec la reprise du duché de Normandie par Philippe Auguste, l'auteure souligne que la région reste durablement marquée par trois siècles de politiques ducales. Un tel ouvrage est particulièrement bien venu en cette année de célébration du 11e centenaire de la Normandie.
Journées archéologiques de Haute-Normandie
Chaque année, les journées archéologiques de Haute-Normandie permettent la rencontre des différents acteurs de la recherche régionale, qu’ils soient professionnels ou bénévoles, et la restitution au public des récents travaux et opérations de terrain. Organisées par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de Haute-Normandie, service régional de l’archéologie et le Centre de recherches archéologiques de Haute-Normandie (CRAHN), elles se sont déroulées les 24 et 25 mai 2013 à la Préfecture de Région, puis à l’Hôtel des sociétés savantes de Rouen. Les visites commentées du château et musée de Dieppe, pui...
William the Conqueror
Fifteen years in the making, a landmark reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach to examine the life of a major figure in British and European history. Using a framework derived from studies of early medieval kingship, he assesses each phase of William’s life to establish why so many trusted William to invade England in 1066 and the consequences of this on the history of the so-called Norman Conquest after the Battle of Hastings and for generations to come. A leading historian of the period, Bates is notable for having worked extensively in the archives of northern France and discovered many eleventh- and twelfth-century charters largely unnoticed by English-language scholars. Taking an innovative approach, he argues for a move away from old perceptions and controversies associated with William’s life and the Norman Conquest. This deeply researched volume is the scholarly biography for our generation.
The Normans and Empire
An interpretative analysis of the history of the cross-Channel empire from 1066 to 1204.
