County and Nobility in Norman Italy: Aristocratic Agency in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1130-1189

by Hervin Fernández-Aceves

Book Overview

Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation; far from centralised and streamlined, this book reveals how the genesis and social structures of the kingdom were constantly fraught between the forces of royal power and local aristocracy authority. In doing so, Hervin Fernandez-Aceves sheds important new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350201650
• ISBN13: 9781350201651
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"