Author: A. GildersleevePublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479708208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Kingdom of the Sun
Author: A. GildersleevePublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479708208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194
Author: John Julius NorwichPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571260447
Category : Normans
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
There were two Norman Conquests. John Julius Norwich is the consummate historian of the 'other' one: the conquest of Sicily.When on Christmas Day 1130 Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was as brilliant as it was cosmopolitan; and to an atmosphere of racial and religious toleration unparalleled in Europe. But sixty-four years later, to the day, the sun set on the Sicilian Kingdom. In this second volume of his history (The Normans in the South 1016-1130 is also in Faber Finds) Norwich describes the reigns of the grotesquely misnamed William the Bad and the Good and the bastard Tancred. We read, too, of St Bernard, magnetic but insufferable; of Adrian IV, the only English Pope; of Richard the Lionheart (behaving abominably in Messina); and other notables.This scintillating narrative history is also a superb traveller's guide, listing every Norman building extant on Sicily.
Dai-viet Kingdom of the South
Author: Nguyen ThuPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1425186459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Historical and legendary novel on the "Dai-Viet Kingdom (Viet Nam today) in the eleventh century"
A Tour Through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples
Author: Keppel Richard CravenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Sun Kingdom of the Aztecs
Author: Victor Wolfgang Von HagenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aztecs
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A recreation of Aztec life just before the coming of the Spaniards, which includes the history, achievements, and culture of a vast civilization.
Thom's Almanac and Official Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Year
Author: Alexander ThomSouth of the Border, West of the Sun
Author: Haruki MurakamiPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
South of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami’s most touching novels. Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime’s quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly dazzling, in South of the Border, West of the Sun the simple arc of one man’s life becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Murakami’s remarkable genius.
A Tour through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples ... To which is subjoined a sketch of the immediate circumstances attending the late revolution. [With plates, including maps.]
![A Tour through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples ... To which is subjoined a sketch of the immediate circumstances attending the late revolution. [With plates, including maps.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/1LNfAAAAcAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Keppel Richard CRAVEN (Hon.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily
Author: TakayamaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004476245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily has long been held up to be the most advanced government in twelfth-century Europe. However, until now there has been considerable confusion about how this bureaucracy actually functioned, whether it developed in the 12th century or retained the form given it by Roger II; whether it had regional variations, what the identity of different departments of government was, who did what within the structures of government, and what the relationship between the Greek, Arabic and Latin elements within the administration was. This work goes a long way to sorting out these problems. The author's meticulous work with chronicles and charters enable him to clear up many problems and mysteries in the administration of finance and justice and to identify such uncertainties as remain. This fundamental work forms a basic reference point for future studies of Norman Sicily and of government in the high Middle Ages.
Author: