Research Catalog

Title

The Normans and the "Norman Edge" : peoples, polities and identities on the frontiers of medieval Europe / edited by Keith J. Stringer and Andrew Jotischky.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
• ©2019

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Stringer, K. J. (Keith John)
• Jotischky, Andrew, 1965-

Description

xi, 348 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Modern historians of the Normans have tended to treat their enterprises and achievements as a series of separate and discrete histories. Such treatments are valid and valuable, but historical understanding of the Normans also depends as much on broader approaches akin to those adopted in this book. As the successor volume to Norman Expansion: Connections, Continuities and Contrasts, it complements and significantly extends its findings to provide a fuller appreciation of the roles played by the Normans as one of the most dynamic and transformative forces in the history of medieval 'Outer Europe'. It includes panoramic essays that dissect the conceptual and methodological issues concerned, suggest strategies for avoiding associated pitfalls, and indicate how far and in what ways the Normans and their legacies served to reshape socio-political landscapes across a vast geography extending from the remoter corners of the British Isles to the Mediterranean basin. Leading experts in their fields also provide case-by-case analyses, set within and between different areas, of themes such as lordship and domination, identities and identification, naming patterns, marriage policies, saints' cults, intercultural exchanges, and diaspora-homeland connections. The Normans and the 'Norman Edge' therefore presents a potent combination of thought-provoking overviews and fresh insights derived from new research, and its wide-ranging comparative focus has the advantage of illuminating aspects of the Norman past that traditional regional or national histories often do not reveal so clearly. It likewise makes a major contribution to current Norman scholarship by reconsidering the links between Norman expansion and 'state-formation'; the extent to which Norman practices and priorities were distinctive; the balance between continuity and innovation; relations between the Normans and the indigenous peoples and cultures they encountered; and, not least, forms of Norman identity and their resilience over time. An extensive bibliography is also one of this book's strengths"--

Subjects

• Group identity
• Europe
• Group identity > Europe > History
• Mittelalter
• Civilization, Medieval
• Europa
• Italy
• Soziale Identität
• Great Britain
• Europe > History > 476-1492
• History
• Normans > Great Britain > History
• Normannen
• Informational works
• 476-1492
• Normans > Europe
• Normans > Italy > History

Genre/Form

• History.
• Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-5524

ISBN

• 9781472459787
• 1472459784
• 9781315555072 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019035184

OCLC

1112786954

Title

The Normans and the "Norman Edge" : peoples, polities and identities on the frontiers of medieval Europe / edited by Keith J. Stringer and Andrew Jotischky.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

476-1492

Added Author

Stringer, K. J. (Keith John), editor.

Jotischky, Andrew, 1965- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Normans and the "Norman Edge." New York : Taylor & Francis, 2019. 9781315555072 (DLC) 2019035185

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5524