Introduction
Primary sources and the problems of military history
Norman military institutions in southern Italy in the eleventh century
The Byzantine army of the tenth and eleventh centuries
The Byzantine naval forces in the tenth and eleventh centuries: organization and tactics
The establishment of the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily
Robert Guiscard's invasion of Illyria: From the landing in Corfu to the victory at Dyrrachium
The Norman advances in the Balkans and the end of the dream
Bohemond of Taranto and the First Crusade
The Count's campaign of 1107 and the Treaty of Devol
Conclusions
Bibliography

Dr GEORGIOS THEOTOKIS is Lecturer at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul.