Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter I Southern Italy before the Normans

Chapter II The coming of the Normans

Chapter III The conquest of the m ainland

Chapter IV The conquest of Sicily

Chapter V The Normans, the papacy and the two empires

Chapter VI Governm ent and society in Norm an Itally

Conclusion

Maps

A brief guide to further reading
Index

Founded upon an unrivalled knowledge of the original sources for the conquest, this is a cogent and lucid analysis of a key medieval subject hitherto largely ignored by historians.