Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval Italian History at the University of Leeds. His previous books include Church and Society in the Norman Principality of Capua, 1058-1197 (1985), The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus', 1154-69 (with Thomas Wiedemann; 1998), and The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (2000).

Review of the hardback: 'Being a fruit of many years of research, The Latin Church in Norman Italy is a true gem of scholarship by a distinguished scholar who has already published extensively on medieval southern Italy. It is a volume that packs in an enormous amount of original research and knowledge and is a great resource for both historians of medieval Italy and of the medieval Church and religion. … Overall, The Latin Church in Norman Italy is a marvellous read, written in consistently clear prose, full of interesting detail and anecdotes. The volume comes with an impressive bibliography featuring primary sources of the greatest variety, particularly rich in chronicles, six appendices, and a subject index. … this is a book that will deservedly be mined by scholars of diverse interests for many generations.' Church History

• Introduction; 1. The Church in southern Italy before the Normans; 2. The Church and the Norman conquest; 3. The papacy and the rulers of southern Italy; 4. The papacy and the Church in southern Italy; 5. The Kings of Sicily and the Church; 6. The Church and military obligation; 7. The secular Church; 8. Monasticism; 9. Latins, Greeks and non-Christians; Conclusion.

Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval Italian History at the University of Leeds. His previous books include Church and Society in the Norman Principality of Capua, 1058-1197 (1985), The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus', 1154-69 (with Thomas Wiedemann; 1998), and The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (2000).

Review of the hardback: 'Being a fruit of many years of research, The Latin Church in Norman Italy is a true gem of scholarship by a distinguished scholar who has already published extensively on medieval southern Italy. It is a volume that packs in an enormous amount of original research and knowledge and is a great resource for both historians of medieval Italy and of the medieval Church and religion. … Overall, The Latin Church in Norman Italy is a marvellous read, written in consistently clear prose, full of interesting detail and anecdotes. The volume comes with an impressive bibliography featuring primary sources of the greatest variety, particularly rich in chronicles, six appendices, and a subject index. … this is a book that will deservedly be mined by scholars of diverse interests for many generations.' Church History

• Introduction; 1. The Church in southern Italy before the Normans; 2. The Church and the Norman conquest; 3. The papacy and the rulers of southern Italy; 4. The papacy and the Church in southern Italy; 5. The Kings of Sicily and the Church; 6. The Church and military obligation; 7. The secular Church; 8. Monasticism; 9. Latins, Greeks and non-Christians; Conclusion.