The Norman achievement, 1050-1100
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abbreviations, preface, I. The Background to Achievement; II. Who were the Normans; III. Norman Conquests, 1050-1100; IV. Comparisons and Contrasts; V. The Holy War; VI. The Norman World; VII. The Politics of Christendom; VIII. East and West; IX. Secular Dominion; X. Scholars and Artists; epilogue, maps, select genealogies, schedule of selected dates, contemporary rulers, select bibliography, ndex with b&w illustrations. First Edition, 1969. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ``The author compares Norman attitudes to the Church, to the cultures they found and their influence in moulding a composite Norman civilization, and further illustrates the extraordinary connections between the men who took part; who might at any time be at work in Normand or England or Antioch." from the jacket flap.