سنت نرمان و میراث فراملی: تبادل فرهنگ‌ها در حاشیه‌های 'نرمان' اروپا در قرون وسطی

The essays in this volume look at questions of Norman traditions in some of the peripheral Norman dominions. Divided into two sections, the volume begins with eight chapters focusing on Norman Sicily. These essays demonstrate both the degree of cultural intermingling that made this kingdom an extraordinary paradigm in this regard, and how the Normans began to develop their own distinct origin myths that diverged from those of Norman France and England. The second section of the volume provides four essays that explore Norman ethnicity and identity more broadly, including two looking at Norman Tradition And Heritage : The Normans In The Transcultural Middle Ages / Thomas Foerster And Stefan Burkhardt -- Between Occidental And Oriental Cultures : Norman Sicily As Third Space? / Hubert Houben -- Norman Traditions In Southern Italy / Graham A. Loud -- The Greek-byzantine Heritage In The Kingdom Of Sicily / Vera Von Falkenhausen -- Charters And Chancery Under Roger I And Roger Ii / Julia Becker -- Literary Themes And Genres In Norman Southern Italy : The Return Of The Saints / Corinna Bottiglieri -- The Norman Conquerors Between Epos And Chanson De Gestes : Perception Of Identities In Cultural Flows / Eleni Tounta -- Sicily's Imperial Heritage / Stefan Burkhardt -- Imperial Tradition And Norman Heritage : Cultures Of Violence And Cruelty / Thomas Foerster -- Creators Of Identities In The Norman Kingdom Of Sicily / Francesco Panarelli -- The Rise Of The Normans As Ethnopoiesis / Sigbjørn Sønnesyn -- Keeping It In The Family : Re-reading Anglo-norman Historiography In The Face Of Cultural Memory, Tradition And Heritage / Benjamin Pohl -- Norman Topographies Of Conquest : Mapping Anglo-norman Identities Onto Ireland / Amy C. Mulligan -- Integration And Disintegration : The Norse In Descriptions Of The Early Rus / Thorir Jonsson Hraundal. Edited By Stefan Burkhardt, Universität Heidelberg, Germany And Thomas Foerster, University Of Bergen, Norway, The Norwegian Institute In Rome, Italy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Contents Introduction: Tradition and Heritage: The Normans in the Transcultural Middle Ages 1 Between Occidental and Oriental Cultures: Norman Sicily as a ‘Third Space’? 2 Norman Traditions in Southern Italy 3 The Graeco-Byzantine Heritage in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily 4 Charters and Chancery under Roger I and Roger II 5 Literary Themes and Genres in Southern Italy during the Norman Age: The Return of the Saints 6 The Norman Conquerors between Epos and Chanson de Geste: The Perception of Identities in Cultural Flows 7 Sicily’s Imperial Heritage 8 Imperial Tradition and Norman Heritage: Cultures of Violence and Cruelty 9 Creators of Identities in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily 10 The Rise of the Normans as Ethnopoiesis 11 Keeping it in the Family: Re-reading Anglo-Norman Historiography in the Face of Cultural Memory, Tradition and Heritage 12 Norman Topographies of Conquest: Mapping Anglo-Norman Identities onto Ireland 13 Integration and Disintegration: the ‘Norse’ in Descriptions of the Early Rus Index

The Normans have long been recognised as one of the most dynamic forces within medieval western Europe. With a reputation for aggression and conquest, they rapidly expanded their powerbase from Normandy, and by the end of the twelfth century had established themselves in positions of strength from England to Sicily, Antioch to Dublin. Yet, despite this success recent scholarship has begun to question the