Norman Naval Operations in the Mediterranean (eBook)

Charles D. Stanton (Autor)

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2011
338 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84615-933-6 (ISBN)

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The formidable force of the Normans at sea has been frequently overlooked. This volume shows their dominance over the Mediterranean, and its far-reaching effects.The rise of Norman naval power in the central Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries prompted a seminal shift in the balance of power on the sea. Drawing from Latin, Greek, Jewish and Arabic sources, this book detailshow the House of Hauteville, particularly under Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger, used sea power to accomplish what the Papacy, the German Empire and the Eastern Empire could not: the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily from Islam. The subsequent establishment of an aggressive naval presence on Sicily, first by Roger de Hauteville and then by his son Roger II, effectively wrested control of the central Mediterranean from Byzantine and Muslim maritime hegemony, opening the sea to east-west shipping. The author goes on to describe how this development, in turn, emboldened the West Italian maritime republics, principally Genoa and Pisa, to expand eastward in conjunction withthe Crusades. It was, quite literally, a sea change, ushering in a new period of western maritime ascendancy which has persisted into the modern era. Charles D. Stanton gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Inhalt

Preface
Introduction
The Conquest [827 to 1101]
The Apogee [1101 to 1154]
The Eclipse [1154 to 1194]
The Impact
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Fleet [ships, sailors, shipyards, strategies]
Appendix B: The Sources
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Warfare in History
• Reihe/Serie: Warfare in History
• Zusatzinfo: 17 b/w, 11 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: ConQuest • conquest of southern Italy • eleventh century Normandy • Invasion • Islam • Maritime History • medieval maritime history • medieval Normandy • Mediterranean history • Middle Ages • Norman military • Norman navy • NROTC • rotc
• ISBN-10: 1-84615-933-4 / 1846159334
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84615-933-6 / 9781846159336