1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145299303321

Autore

Chibnall Marjorie

Titolo

The Normans [[electronic resource] /] / Marjorie Chibnall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2000

ISBN

1-281-30942-7

9786611309428

0-470-69339-8

0-470-69267-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

The peoples of Europe

Disciplina

909.04395

909/.04395

Soggetti

Normans - History

Europe History 476-1492

Normandy (France) History To 1515

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Normans; Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; List of Genealogical Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I  People and Duchy; I The Emergence of a Norman People; 2 The Rise of Normandy; PART II Conquest and Settlement in the North; 3 The Kingdom of England; 4 Wales, Scotland, Ireland; PART III The Normans in the South; 5 Southern Italy; 6 The Kingdom of Sicily; 7 Mediterranean Expansion; PART IV Myth and Tradition; 8 The Norman Myth; 9 The Norman World; 10 The Normans after 1204; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the Normans available, examining the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture and civilization.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387786303316

Titolo

A choice banquet of witty jests, rare fancies, and pleasant novels [[electronic resource] ] : fitted for all the lovers of wit, mirth and eloquence : being an addition to Archee's jests, taken out of his closet but never publisht by him in his life time

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T.J. and are to be sold by Peter Dring ..., 1660

Descrizione fisica

[15], 144 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

ArmstrongArchie <d. 1672.>

Soggetti

English wit and humor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Ascribed to Archie Armstrong, court jester to James I and Charles I.  Cf. DNB.

Includes index.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113