Roger II and the creation of the Kingdom of Sicily

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, for the reign of Roger II, the founder of the kingdom of Sicily. Front matter 1 Contents 6 Preface 8 List of abbreviations 10 The family of King Roger 13 The family of the Norman princes of Capua 14 Maps 15 Introduction 18 Abbot Alexander of Telese, The History of the Most Serene Roger, first King of Sicily 80 The Chronicle of Falco of Benevento 147 Romuald of Salerno, Chronicon Sive Annales, 1125–54 267 German sources for the reign of King Roger 286 The Montecassino Chronicle of Peter the Deacon 296 The Chronicle of St Clement of Casauria 313 Roger II and the papacy: selected documents 320 The Assizes (or Constitutions) of King Roger 331 The Catalogue of the Barons 346 The Book of Roger by Abû ‘Abdallâh al-Idrîsî 372 Bibliography 381 Index 398 Comprises translations of all essential sources for the history of Sicily in the first half of twelfth-century, covering one of the most interesting and significant episodes in European history. Publishes for the first time in English some of the most interesting primary sources for the history of medieval Italy. Will enable teachers for the first time to study the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, created by Roger II and lasting until 1860, in real depth