Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface --List of Maps -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Genealogical chart -- Map of Southern Italy -- Introduction / Graham A. Loud -- Pt. 1. Social and Regional Structures on the South Italian Mainland -- 1. Settlement and the Agrarian Economy / Jean-Marie Martin -- 2. The Northern Frontier of Norman Italy, 1060-1140 / Laurent Feller -- 3. The Tyrrhenian Coastal Cities under the Normans / Patricia Skinner -- 4. The Aristocratic Family / Joanna Drell -- Pt. 2. Government and the Church -- 5. Chanceries, Charters and Administration in Norman Italy / Horst Enzensberger -- 6. The Papacy and the Rulers of Southern Italy, 1058-1198 / Graham A. Loud -- 7. The Bishops of Southern Italy in the Norman and Staufen Periods / Norbert Kamp -- Pt. 3. Calabria and Sicily -- 8. The Papacy and the Greek Church in Southern Italy between the eleventh and the thirteenth Century / Peter Herde -- 9. The Greek Presence in Norman Sicily: The Contribution of Archival Material / Vera von Falkenhausen -- 10. The Muslims of Sicily under Christian Rule / Alex Metcalfe -- 11. Religious Toleration in the South Italian Peninsula during the Norman and Staufen Periods / Hubert Houben -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays about different aspects of the society of southern Italy and Sicily from the eleventh through to the thirteenth centuries. Of the eleven contributors, seven are from Continental Europe, most of whom have never before published in English. The volume devotes particular attention to the evolution of the social structure, to regional differences, the Church, and to the position of Greek and Arabic Christians and Muslims within the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. The authors, all acknowledged experts in this field, draw upon an unrivalled knowledge of the contemporary sources, both published and unpublished. This volume will therefore be a most important resource for both scholars and students of this fascinating area of medieval history, on which relatively little has hitherto been written in English.

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