"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The Normans presents a fascinating glimpse of a time when a group of restless adventurers had the world at their fingertips. In the process, he brings to vivid life the Norman tapestry's rich cast of characters: figures like Rollo the Walker, William Iron-Arm, Tancred the Monkey King, and Robert Guiscard. In The Normans, Lars Brownworth follows their story, from the first shock of a Viking raid on an Irish monastery to the exile of the last Norman Prince of Antioch. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at both England and Normandy in the time of Richard the Good. 4.06 2,994 ratings307 reviews In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. In the process he would commission the first court historian and create a new identity for the Normans. During the course of two centuries, they launched a series of extraordinary conquests, carving out kingdoms from the North Sea to the North African coast. His solution would intertwine the fate of Normandy with the kingdom of England, and lay the groundwork for the great conquest to come. They were the success story of the Middle Ages: a footloose band of individual adventurers who transformed the face of medieval Europe. These descendants of the Vikings who settled in France, England, and Italy-but were not strictly French, English, or Italian-played a large role in creating the modern world. There is much more to the Norman story than the Battle of Hastings.
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