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How did descendants of Viking marauders came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. 

De la mano del joven medievalista Levi Roach, esta obra nos acerca a una de las civilizaciones que más alteraron el rumbo de la historia medieval europea. Desde sus inicios como saqueadores vikingos y más tarde mercenarios y vasallos francos a las órdenes del temible y legendario Rollo, los...