Rethinking Norman Italy

Joanna H. Drell is Professor of History at the University of RichmondPaul Oldfield is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester

'This collection of essays is an excellent tribute to the work of Graham Loud in that it builds the knowledge of medieval southern Italy through precise histories that utilize close readings of charters and chronicles.'Rethinking Norman Italy: Studies in Honour of Graham A. Loud, Drell, Joanna H., and Paul Oldfield'The collection provides an important focus for the recognition of Loud’s considerable contribution to this field of study [...] while at the same time offering ample inspiration for the pursuit of future questions.'Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean

• 1 Introduction: rethinking Norman Italy – Joanna H. DrellPart I: Historiographies2 Norman Italy and Sicily through the eyes of British historians, 1912–76 – David Abulafia3 The Norman Empire between the eleventh and twelfth centuries with special reference to the Normans in southern Italy – Luigi Russo4 Historiography in the making: a name-list of Sicilian Muslims from the Rollus Rubeus cartulary of Cefalù cathedral – Alex Metcalfe5 A fiscal provision of Count Roger of Ariano: traces of redactional variants in the Chronicon of Falco of Benevento – Edoardo D’AngeloPart II: Identities and communities6 Crucible of faith: fitna in the Travels of Ibn Jubayr – Joshua C. Birk7 Bellum civile: urban strife and conflict management in early twelfth-century Benevento – Markus Krumm8 Norman rulers and Greek-speaking subjects: the Vitae of Italo-Greek saints (twelfth and thirteenth centuries) and the negotiation of local identities – Eleni Tounta9 Griffones and the city of Messina: urban encounters with crusading – Paul OldfieldPart III: Religion and the Church10 The foundation of St Euphemia in Calabria: a ‘Norman’ church in southern Italy? – Benjamin Pohl11 King Roger II's legislation on the celebration of marriage – Elisabeth van Houts12 The battle against simony in Norman Italy: perceptions, interpretations, measures and consequences – Lioba Geis13 Some reflections on the women’s monasteries of southern Italy in the eighth to twelfth centuries – Jean-Marie MartinPart IV: Conquering Norman Italy and beyond14 The Norman siege of Bari, 1068–71 – Charles D. Stanton15 The past, present and future of Norman rule in Apulia: Roger II’s silver ducalis – Sarah Davis-Secord16 From Alexandria to Tinnis: the kingdom of Sicily, Egypt and the Holy Land, 1154–87 – Alan V. MurrayIndex