The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, bu
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Table of contents :
Preface 1
Introduction 3
I. Civitate 7
II. The Adventurers 16
III. Tancred of Hauteville 24
IV. Mercenaries for the Basileus 33
V. Rebels 40
VI. Warlords in Apulia 49
VII. Count of Apulia 56
VIII. The Pope's Wrath 65
IX. Consolidation 76
X. Guiscard 85
XI. Calabria 95
XII. Sicily 103
XIII. Cerami 114
XIV. Rebellion 122
XV. Victory 129
XVI. The Duke and the Pope 139
XVII. Salerno 149
XVIII. Carrying War to the Enemy 159
XIX. The Pope's Savior 168
XX. Terror of the World 174
XXI. The Quest for Glory 184
XXII. The End of the Beginning 191
Chronology 201
Genealogical Table - Sons and Grandsons of Tancred of Hauteville 205
Bibliography 207
Index 211